World Species : Protected Area : Balaton

Balaton

Location:	Hungary
Area:	145,518 acres (58,889 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

Pannonian mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B					C			D			E			F				G

Share	35 %	30 %	20 %	15 %	35 %	30 %	15 %	10 %	10 %	60 %	30 %	10 %	60 %	20 %	20 %	45 %	40 %	15 %	40 %	35 %	15 %	10 %	60 %	25 %	15 %
Soil Type	Chromic Cambisols	Haplic Chernozems	Chromic Luvisols	Cambic Arenosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Calcaric Regosols	Chromic Luvisols	Haplic Phaeozems	Calcic Chernozems	Haplic Phaeozems	Calcaric Regosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcic Chernozems	Haplic Phaeozems	Calcaric Regosols	Chromic Luvisols	Chromic Cambisols	Dystric Regosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Terric Histosols	Fibric Histosols	Eutric Vertisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	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	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Very poor	Very poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	100 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	50 m	50 mm	150 m	150 m	125 m
Phase 1							Lithic	Lithic					Stony	Sodic	Stony
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		60 - 80 cm		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 cm		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	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		80 - 150 cm		None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	0 - 40 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	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 40 cm depth for over 11 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	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 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Misc. Property																									Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	12 %	2 %	6 %	8 %	14 %	12 %	2 %	4 %	2 %	14 %	16 %	6 %	21 %	4 %	2 %	14 %	12 %	10 %	19 %	16 %	28 %	1 %	4 %
Sand	49 %	12 %	48 %	89 %	36 %	41 %	44 %	48 %	38 %	28 %	38 %	44 %	37 %	36 %	42 %	28 %	38 %	44 %	48 %	49 %	42 %	37 %	35 %	20 %	19 %
Silt	28 %	46 %	28 %	6 %	43 %	36 %	35 %	28 %	39 %	47 %	39 %	35 %	44 %	43 %	34 %	47 %	39 %	35 %	28 %	28 %	37 %	44 %	33 %	40 %	25 %
Clay	23 %	42 %	24 %	5 %	21 %	23 %	21 %	24 %	23 %	25 %	23 %	21 %	19 %	21 %	24 %	25 %	23 %	21 %	24 %	23 %	21 %	19 %	32 %	40 %	56 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Silty clay	Loam	Sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.31 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.98 %	2.62 %	0.83 %	0.5 %	0.65 %	2.72 %	0.75 %	0.83 %	1.95 %	1.65 %	1.95 %	0.75 %	2.13 %	0.65 %	1.61 %	1.65 %	1.95 %	0.75 %	0.83 %	0.98 %	1.39 %	2.13 %	39.4 %	33.63 %	1.05 %
PH	6.6	7.1	6.3	6	8	5.3	8	6.3	6.4	7.8	6.4	8	7.5	8	7.5	7.8	6.4	8	6.3	6.6	5.1	7.5	5.6	4.3	6.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	42 cmol kg⁻¹	69 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	83 %	100 %	88 %	99 %	100 %	25 %	100 %	88 %	87 %	100 %	87 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	87 %	100 %	88 %	83 %	24 %	100 %	75 %	62 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	12.4 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	12.4 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	12.4 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	40.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	6 %	0 %	0 %	7 %	0 %	15 %	0 %	0 %	4.6 %	0 %	15 %	6 %	7 %	3.9 %	4.6 %	0 %	15 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	6 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	9 %	6 %	8 %	1 %	10 %	6 %	18 %	8 %	4 %	17 %	4 %	18 %		10 %		17 %	4 %	18 %	8 %	9 %	26 %		5 %	2 %	5 %
Sand	47 %	12 %	41 %	89 %	34 %	44 %	40 %	41 %	40 %	28 %	40 %	40 %		34 %		28 %	40 %	40 %	41 %	47 %	46 %		52 %	47 %	18 %
Silt	26 %	48 %	25 %	6 %	43 %	32 %	35 %	25 %	37 %	47 %	37 %	35 %		43 %		47 %	37 %	35 %	25 %	26 %	34 %		23 %	26 %	24 %
Clay	27 %	40 %	34 %	5 %	23 %	24 %	25 %	34 %	23 %	25 %	23 %	25 %		23 %		25 %	23 %	25 %	34 %	27 %	20 %		25 %	27 %	58 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Silty clay	Clay loam	Sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam		Loam		Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam		Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.44 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³		1.45 g/cm³		1.3 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³		0.18 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.47 %	1.17 %	0.4 %	0.3 %	0.43 %	1.07 %	0.47 %	0.4 %	0.67 %	0.78 %	0.67 %	0.47 %		0.43 %		0.78 %	0.67 %	0.47 %	0.4 %	0.47 %	0.6 %		38.46 %	32.89 %	0.59 %
PH	6.7	7.4	6.4	5.9	8.1	5.3	8.1	6.4	6.8	8.2	6.8	8.1		8.1		8.2	6.8	8.1	6.4	6.7	4.9		5.8	4.6	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	44 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	81 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹		54 cmol kg⁻¹		81 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹		49 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		16 cmol kg⁻¹		24 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹		88 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	92 %	100 %	90 %	98 %	100 %	30 %	100 %	90 %	95 %	100 %	95 %	100 %		100 %		100 %	95 %	100 %	90 %	92 %	21 %		96 %	40 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	36.5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13.8 cmol kg⁻¹	29.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.8 cmol kg⁻¹	36.5 cmol kg⁻¹		28.7 cmol kg⁻¹		29.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.8 cmol kg⁻¹	36.5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹		81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	44.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	6 %	0 %	0 %	8.7 %	0 %	15 %	0 %	0.1 %	13.6 %	0.1 %	15 %		8.7 %		13.6 %	0.1 %	15 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0.8 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0.4 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %		1 %		2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %		1 %	1 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 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	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1		0.3 dS m-1		0.4 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

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