World Species : Protected Area : Gorges de la Loire

Gorges de la Loire

Location:	France
Area:	145,350 acres (58,821 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			C			D	E

Share	80 %	20 %	70 %	15 %	15 %	50 %	30 %	20 %		50 %	30 %	20 %
Soil Type	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Haplic Andosols	Haplic Andosols	Mollic Andosols	Dystric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Gleyic Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Cambic Podzols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Coarse
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	0 mm	150 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	15 m
Phase 1						Stony	Stony			Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly
Phase 2										Stony	Stony	Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 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 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	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		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	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	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	14 %	10 %	21 %	4 %	5 %	15 %	10 %	3 %
Sand	39 %	39 %	32 %	32 %	39 %	75 %	73 %	45 %	19 %	48 %	42 %	87 %
Silt	40 %	40 %	47 %	47 %	39 %	15 %	18 %	36 %	32 %	40 %	38 %	9 %
Clay	21 %	21 %	21 %	21 %	22 %	10 %	9 %	19 %	49 %	12 %	20 %	4 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	0.76 g/cm³	0.76 g/cm³	0.86 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.86 %	0.86 %	6.74 %	6.74 %	3.43 %	0.7 %	1.4 %	1 %	0.87 %	3.15 %	1.45 %	2.18 %
PH	7.2	7.2	5.9	5.9	6.7	5.1	7.5	6.4	7.8	5	5.1	4.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	63 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	98 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	91 %	16 %	16 %	78 %	28 %	86 %	85 %	100 %	10 %	38 %	11 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	6.4 cmol kg⁻¹	6.4 cmol kg⁻¹	24.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.5 %	0.5 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	4.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	5 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	7 %	7 %	9 %	9 %	18 %	9 %		18 %	5 %	17 %	19 %	4 %
Sand	41 %	41 %	34 %	34 %	40 %	68 %		39 %	23 %	55 %	45 %	88 %
Silt	38 %	38 %	44 %	44 %	36 %	17 %		34 %	35 %	33 %	35 %	8 %
Clay	21 %	21 %	22 %	22 %	24 %	15 %		27 %	42 %	12 %	20 %	4 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam		Clay loam	Clay	Sandy loam	Loam	Sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	0.79 g/cm³	0.79 g/cm³	0.81 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³		1.6 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.38 %	0.38 %	1.99 %	1.99 %	1.41 %	0.27 %		0.47 %	0.39 %	1.13 %	0.5 %	0.39 %
PH	7.5	7.5	6.1	6.1	6.8	5		6.7	8.1	5.1	5.2	5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	61 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹		37 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹		11 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	96 %	96 %	33 %	33 %	78 %	36 %		88 %	100 %	13 %	33 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	22.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹		11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	44.8 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	2.5 %	2.5 %	0 %	0 %	0.3 %	0 %		0.1 %	11.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	5 %		2 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	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		0.1 dS m-1	0.2 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