World Species : Protected Area : DELTA EVROU

DELTA EVROU

Location:	Greece
Area:	31,031 acres (12,558 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Csa (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: summer dry; Temperature: hot summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B				C

Share	25 %	25 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	85 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	30 %	30 %	30 %	10 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Gleysols	Cambisols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcic Gleysols	Calcaric Cambisols	Terric Histosols	Eutric Vertisols	Vertic Cambisols	Calcic Vertisols	Calcaric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Very poor	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	150 m	125 m	50 m	125 m	150 m
Phase 1	Saline	Saline					Saline	Concretionary	Saline		Concretionary
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	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer						None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 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	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
Misc. Property										Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	8 %	15 %	1 %	6 %	28 %	4 %	2 %	3 %	4 %
Sand	80 %	14 %	39 %	38 %	43 %	34 %	22 %	36 %	35 %	19 %	20 %	17 %	14 %
Silt	14 %	39 %	41 %	40 %	36 %	48 %	24 %	43 %	33 %	25 %	29 %	27 %	39 %
Clay	6 %	47 %	20 %	22 %	21 %	18 %	54 %	21 %	32 %	56 %	51 %	56 %	47 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.66 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.41 %	0.97 %	0.9 %	1.27 %	1.04 %	0.6 %	1.13 %	0.65 %	39.4 %	1.05 %	0.96 %	0.72 %	0.97 %
PH	8.3	8	7.3	5.8	6.3	8	7.5	8	5.6	6.9	7.3	7.9	8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	108 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	91 %	82 %	78 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	75 %	100 %	94 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	10.4 cmol kg⁻¹	22.3 cmol kg⁻¹	16.4 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	9.8 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.9 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	40.9 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	51.7 cmol kg⁻¹	22.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	9.2 %	13.3 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	11.7 %	4.2 %	7 %	0 %	0.2 %	0.3 %	5.4 %	13.3 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.4 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.7 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	3 %	8 %	5 %	13 %	10 %	1 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	4 %	4 %	3 %
Sand	78 %	15 %	41 %	37 %	42 %	36 %	34 %	34 %	52 %	18 %	18 %	17 %	15 %
Silt	15 %	40 %	38 %	35 %	34 %	46 %	22 %	43 %	23 %	24 %	29 %	26 %	40 %
Clay	7 %	45 %	21 %	28 %	24 %	18 %	44 %	23 %	25 %	58 %	53 %	57 %	45 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.64 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.48 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.17 %	0.45 %	0.4 %	0.42 %	0.43 %	0.4 %	0.36 %	0.43 %	38.46 %	0.59 %	0.43 %	0.5 %	0.45 %
PH	8.3	7.9	7.5	6.3	6.6	8.1	8.2	8.1	5.8	7.5	7.7	8.1	7.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	137 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	97 %	86 %	92 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	96 %	100 %	99 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	10.6 cmol kg⁻¹	20.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	33.6 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	44.2 cmol kg⁻¹	34.3 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	20.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	10 %	19.2 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	12.2 %	14.6 %	8.7 %	0 %	0.8 %	4 %	8.2 %	19.2 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.5 %	0.2 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	3 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	5 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.4 dS m-1	1.9 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 dS m-1	1.9 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