World Species : Protected Area : DELTA AXIOU - LOUDIA - ALIAKMONA

DELTA AXIOU - LOUDIA - ALIAKMONA - ALYKI KITROUS

Location:	Greece
Area:	73,260 acres (29,647 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfa (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: hot summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B			C			D						E					F					G

Share	85 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	20 %	20 %	60 %	20 %	20 %	40 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	15 %	15 %	5 %	5 %	40 %	20 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	75 %	15 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcic Gleysols	Calcaric Cambisols	Terric Histosols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcic Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Gleyic Solonchaks	Calcic Gleysols	Calcaric Regosols	Chromic Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Regosols	Dystric Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Vertic Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Eutric Cambisols	Calcic Luvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcic Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols	Dystric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse
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	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Very poor	Poor	Very poor	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	75 m	100 m	15 mm	15 m	15 m	15 m	15 mm	75 m	15 m	50 m	100 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1		Saline	Concretionary	Saline				Saline	Saline	Saline	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony		Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Lithic	Stony
Phase 2									Sodic									Stony	Lithic	Lithic			Lithic
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	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		40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm		60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 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	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	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	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	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	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	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)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	15 %	1 %	6 %	28 %	15 %	1 %	28 %	15 %	7 %	1 %	14 %	10 %	6 %	12 %	4 %	12 %	21 %	19 %	10 %	8 %	10 %	2 %	48 %	10 %	5 %	17 %	10 %	4 %	18 %	10 %
Sand	34 %	22 %	36 %	35 %	34 %	22 %	35 %	34 %	37 %	22 %	44 %	49 %	36 %	48 %	80 %	48 %	73 %	78 %	75 %	41 %	79 %	20 %	26 %	23 %	53 %	28 %	79 %	41 %	80 %	79 %
Silt	48 %	24 %	43 %	33 %	48 %	24 %	33 %	48 %	42 %	24 %	35 %	28 %	43 %	28 %	9 %	28 %	18 %	13 %	15 %	36 %	13 %	29 %	30 %	29 %	24 %	25 %	15 %	40 %	12 %	12 %
Clay	18 %	54 %	21 %	32 %	18 %	54 %	32 %	18 %	21 %	54 %	21 %	23 %	21 %	24 %	11 %	24 %	9 %	9 %	10 %	23 %	8 %	51 %	44 %	48 %	23 %	47 %	6 %	19 %	8 %	9 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Clay	Clay	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.66 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.6 %	1.13 %	0.65 %	39.4 %	0.6 %	1.13 %	39.4 %	0.6 %	0.42 %	1.13 %	0.75 %	0.98 %	0.65 %	0.83 %	0.45 %	0.83 %	1.4 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	2.72 %	2.59 %	0.96 %	1.89 %	1.17 %	0.51 %	2.3 %	0.41 %	1.3 %	0.58 %	0.87 %
PH	8	7.5	8	5.6	8	7.5	5.6	8	8.7	7.5	8	6.6	8	6.3	6.4	6.3	7.5	5.6	5.1	5.3	4.7	7.3	6.1	6.7	7.7	7.5	8.3	7	6.8	5.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	68 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	67 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	109 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	100 %	75 %	100 %	100 %	75 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	83 %	100 %	88 %	79 %	88 %	86 %	98 %	28 %	25 %	86 %	94 %	62 %	89 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	82 %	89 %	55 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.9 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.9 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	13.9 cmol kg⁻¹	27.9 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	12.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	17.1 cmol kg⁻¹	37.6 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	7.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	11.7 %	4.2 %	7 %	0 %	11.7 %	4.2 %	0 %	11.7 %	9.5 %	4.2 %	15 %	0.1 %	7 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.3 %	0 %	0.1 %	7.4 %	1.4 %	9.1 %	1 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	1.8 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	47 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	5 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	2 %	3 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.7 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.7 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.7 dS m-1	8.7 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 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	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	1 %	10 %	5 %	10 %	1 %	5 %	10 %	8 %	1 %	18 %	9 %	10 %	8 %	5 %	8 %		14 %	9 %	6 %		4 %	33 %	24 %	10 %		10 %	5 %	10 %	17 %
Sand	36 %	34 %	34 %	52 %	36 %	34 %	52 %	36 %	41 %	34 %	40 %	47 %	34 %	41 %	72 %	41 %		77 %	68 %	44 %		18 %	24 %	26 %	47 %		79 %	44 %	79 %	79 %
Silt	46 %	22 %	43 %	23 %	46 %	22 %	23 %	46 %	37 %	22 %	35 %	26 %	43 %	25 %	9 %	25 %		13 %	17 %	32 %		29 %	27 %	29 %	23 %		15 %	37 %	11 %	11 %
Clay	18 %	44 %	23 %	25 %	18 %	44 %	25 %	18 %	22 %	44 %	25 %	27 %	23 %	34 %	19 %	34 %		10 %	15 %	24 %		53 %	49 %	45 %	30 %		6 %	19 %	10 %	10 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Clay loam		Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam		Clay	Clay	Clay	Sandy clay loam		Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³		1.58 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.22 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.66 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³		1.46 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	0.36 %	0.43 %	38.46 %	0.4 %	0.36 %	38.46 %	0.4 %	0.3 %	0.36 %	0.47 %	0.47 %	0.43 %	0.4 %	0.26 %	0.4 %		0.31 %	0.27 %	1.07 %		0.43 %	0.61 %	0.58 %	0.3 %		0.17 %	0.44 %	0.24 %	0.26 %
PH	8.1	8.2	8.1	5.8	8.1	8.2	5.8	8.1	8.4	8.2	8.1	6.7	8.1	6.4	6.6	6.4		5.3	5	5.3		7.7	6.4	7	7.9		8.3	7.2	6.9	5.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	84 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹		36 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹		61 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹		137 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		4 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	100 %	96 %	100 %	100 %	96 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	92 %	100 %	90 %	79 %	90 %		28 %	36 %	30 %		99 %	55 %	97 %	100 %		94 %	86 %	93 %	46 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	33.6 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	33.6 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	18.2 cmol kg⁻¹	33.6 cmol kg⁻¹	36.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6.3 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹		1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹		34.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	23.1 cmol kg⁻¹		13.9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	12.2 %	14.6 %	8.7 %	0 %	12.2 %	14.6 %	0 %	12.2 %	13.9 %	14.6 %	15 %	0.1 %	8.7 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %		4 %	0 %	0.3 %	9.1 %		9.9 %	1 %	0.1 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	5 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	5 %	1 %	3 %	63 %	5 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %		3 %	5 %	2 %		2 %	0 %	1 %	2 %		4 %	2 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.5 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 dS m-1	4.6 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1		0.4 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