World Species : Protected Area : Confluence des vallées de la Meuse et de la Chiers

Confluence des vallées de la Meuse et de la Chiers

Location:	France
Area:	8,985 acres (3,636 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Western European broadleaf forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B

Share	70 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	20 %	15 %	15 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcic Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Eutric Cambisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	28 %	10 %	5 %	10 %	10 %
Sand	79 %	41 %	35 %	23 %	47 %	23 %	23 %
Silt	15 %	40 %	33 %	29 %	29 %	29 %	29 %
Clay	6 %	19 %	32 %	48 %	24 %	48 %	48 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Loam	Clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.66 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.41 %	1.3 %	39.4 %	1.17 %	0.83 %	1.17 %	1.17 %
PH	8.3	7	5.6	6.7	6.3	6.7	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	109 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	82 %	75 %	89 %	93 %	89 %	89 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	11 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	9.1 %	1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	5 %	5 %	24 %	6 %	24 %	24 %
Sand	79 %	44 %	52 %	26 %	39 %	26 %	26 %
Silt	15 %	37 %	23 %	29 %	27 %	29 %	29 %
Clay	6 %	19 %	25 %	45 %	34 %	45 %	45 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.66 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.17 %	0.44 %	38.46 %	0.58 %	0.28 %	0.58 %	0.58 %
PH	8.3	7.2	5.8	7	7	7	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	137 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	94 %	86 %	96 %	97 %	99 %	97 %	97 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	13.9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	9.9 %	1 %	0 %	0.3 %	0.4 %	0.3 %	0.3 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1

Soil data provided by FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2012. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263