World Species : Protected Area : Nemuno delta

Nemuno delta

Location:	Lithuania
Area:	66,059 acres (26,733 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

Central European mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B	C					D					E			F		G

Share	90 %	10 %		60 %	15 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	60 %	15 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	80 %	15 %	5 %	85 %	15 %	80 %	20 %
Soil Type	Dystric Fluvisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Dystric Fluvisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Terric Histosols	Dystric Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Podzols	Eutric Gleysols	Haplic Podzols	Terric Histosols	Dystric Podzoluvisols	Fibric Histosols	Terric Histosols	Mollic Gleysols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Mollie Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	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	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Very poor	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Moderately well	Very poor	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	125 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	15 m	75 m	100 m	150 m	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Flooded		Flooded	Stony	Stony	Stony		Stony	Gravelly	Gravelly			Gravelly				Flooded	Flooded	Flooded	Flooded
Phase 2	Phreatic																Erosion	Erosion		Erosion
Root Obstacle	0 - 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	None to 80 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	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	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	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 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	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 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	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	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 over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	1 %	10 %	1 %	4 %	1 %	28 %	1 %	2 %	10 %	3 %	28 %	1 %	1 %	28 %	4 %	15 %	18 %	4 %	18 %
Sand	79 %	35 %	79 %	32 %	37 %	35 %	35 %	31 %	86 %	78 %	87 %	35 %	73 %	20 %	35 %	39 %	34 %	80 %	45 %	80 %
Silt	12 %	54 %	12 %	49 %	40 %	54 %	33 %	54 %	10 %	13 %	9 %	33 %	21 %	40 %	33 %	39 %	48 %	12 %	36 %	12 %
Clay	9 %	11 %	9 %	19 %	23 %	11 %	32 %	15 %	4 %	9 %	4 %	32 %	6 %	40 %	32 %	22 %	18 %	8 %	19 %	8 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Silt loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Clay loam	Silt loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.6 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.87 %	1.2 %	0.87 %	2.22 %	1.07 %	1.2 %	39.4 %	1.59 %	1.97 %	0.57 %	2.18 %	39.4 %	0.9 %	33.63 %	39.4 %	1.65 %	0.6 %	0.58 %	1.57 %	0.58 %
PH	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.3	6.2	5.4	5.6	5	4.4	6.3	4.4	5.6	4.1	4.3	5.6	6.6	8	6.8	6.5	6.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	34 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	60 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	55 %	55 %	55 %	55 %	88 %	55 %	75 %	55 %	18 %	74 %	11 %	75 %	75 %	62 %	75 %	87 %	100 %	89 %	80 %	89 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	9.8 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	7.4 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 cmol kg⁻¹	7.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	11.7 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	0 %	3 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	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	0.1 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	0.7 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	17 %	4 %	17 %	4 %	5 %	4 %	5 %	4 %	3 %	20 %	4 %	5 %	3 %	2 %	5 %	3 %	10 %	10 %	8 %	10 %
Sand	79 %	37 %	79 %	25 %	36 %	37 %	52 %	24 %	85 %	64 %	88 %	52 %	61 %	47 %	52 %	37 %	36 %	79 %	52 %	79 %
Silt	11 %	43 %	11 %	51 %	36 %	43 %	23 %	50 %	10 %	13 %	8 %	23 %	27 %	26 %	23 %	35 %	46 %	11 %	29 %	11 %
Clay	10 %	20 %	10 %	24 %	28 %	20 %	25 %	26 %	5 %	23 %	4 %	25 %	12 %	27 %	25 %	28 %	18 %	10 %	19 %	10 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Silt loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Silt loam	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam	Sand	Sandy clay loam	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.58 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.69 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.26 %	0.25 %	0.26 %	0.5 %	0.37 %	0.25 %	38.46 %	0.2 %	0.91 %	0.3 %	0.39 %	38.46 %	0.3 %	32.89 %	38.46 %	0.69 %	0.4 %	0.24 %	0.56 %	0.24 %
PH	5.5	5.3	5.5	5.4	6.6	5.3	5.8	5.3	4.9	6.4	5	5.8	4.9	4.6	5.8	7.2	8.1	6.9	6.7	6.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	38 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	67 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	46 %	59 %	46 %	59 %	90 %	59 %	96 %	59 %	21 %	81 %	21 %	96 %	63 %	40 %	96 %	88 %	100 %	93 %	85 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	6.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10.7 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	4 %	12.2 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	3 %	2 %
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	0.1 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	0.5 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