World Species : Protected Area : Parque Atlantico Mar Chiquita

Parque Atlantico Mar Chiquita

Location:	Cordoba, Argentina
IUCN Category:	VI
Area:	706,059 acres (285,732 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)

Ecoregions

Dry Chaco
Espinal
Humid Pampas

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C			D

Share	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	20 %	30 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	20 %
Soil Type	Luvic Phaeozems	Gleyic Phaeozems	Mollic Solonetz	Luvic Phaeozems	Lithic Leptosols	Mollic Leptosols	Mollic Solonetz	Luvic Phaeozems	Haplic Solonetz	Haplic Arenosols	Haplic Arenosols	Haplic Phaeozems
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	50 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	32 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Sand	26 %	6 %	2 %	23 %	43 %	42 %	34 %	43 %	54 %	84 %	88 %	53 %
Silt	55 %	69 %	73 %	49 %	29 %	29 %	38 %	31 %	28 %	8 %	4 %	25 %
Clay	19 %	25 %	25 %	28 %	28 %	29 %	28 %	26 %	18 %	8 %	8 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Silt loam	Silt loam	Silt loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.2 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.15 g/cm³	1.15 g/cm³	1.15 g/cm³	1.14 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.54 %	1.42 %	0.5 %	3.71 %	0.39 %	2.5 %	1.12 %	2.58 %	1.19 %	0.47 %	0.24 %	0.98 %
PH	5.3	5.5	9	6.2	7.5	8	8.6	7	7.4	7.6	8.9	6.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	79 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	106 cmol kg⁻¹	72 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	21 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	85 %	83 %	100 %	85 %	100 %	100 %	96 %	86 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	86 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	17.8 cmol kg⁻¹	16.4 cmol kg⁻¹	24.2 cmol kg⁻¹	25.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.7 cmol kg⁻¹	39.5 cmol kg⁻¹	23.2 cmol kg⁻¹	16.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	2.7 %	0.1 %	3.1 %	3 %	2.4 %	1.1 %	1.1 %	2 %	3 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	18 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	15 %	2 %	13 %	3 %	3 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	1.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	1.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Sand	18 %	5 %	1 %	20 %			28 %	45 %	47 %	88 %	88 %	62 %
Silt	51 %	54 %	67 %	50 %			42 %	26 %	24 %	4 %	4 %	24 %
Clay	31 %	41 %	32 %	30 %			30 %	29 %	29 %	8 %	8 %	14 %
USDA Texture	Silty clay loam	Silty clay	Silty clay loam	Clay loam			Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³			1.32 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.2 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³			1.15 g/cm³	1.15 g/cm³	1.15 g/cm³	1.14 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.54 %	0.49 %	0.16 %	0.8 %			0.26 %	0.32 %	0.15 %	0.11 %	0.11 %	0.18 %
PH	6.6	6.3	9.7	6.9			9.3	8.5	8.5	8.9	8.9	6.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	79 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	91 cmol kg⁻¹	81 cmol kg⁻¹			80 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	108 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	26 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹			25 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	94 %	93 %	100 %	94 %			100 %	98 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	94 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	24.5 cmol kg⁻¹	25.5 cmol kg⁻¹	29.5 cmol kg⁻¹	25.1 cmol kg⁻¹			25.1 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹	14.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.8 %	0.1 %	3 %	0.3 %			3 %	2.5 %	2.8 %	3 %	3 %	0.2 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %			0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	32 %	2 %			31 %	2 %	26 %	3 %	3 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1.8 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1			1.5 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1.6 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