World Species : Protected Area : Babites ezers

Babites ezers

Location:	Latvia
Area:	7,384 acres (2,988 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfb (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Sarmatic mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B					C

Share	75 %	15 %	10 %	45 %	25 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Albic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols	Eutric Gleysols	Gleyic Podzols	Eutric Gleysols	Haplic Podzols	Haplic Podzols	Fibric Histosols	Eutric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Fine	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Erosion	Erosion	Erosion
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 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
Soil Water Regime	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	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	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 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %	2 %	10 %	2 %	10 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	4 %
Sand	88 %	86 %	78 %	86 %	78 %	87 %	87 %	20 %	39 %
Silt	7 %	10 %	13 %	10 %	13 %	9 %	9 %	40 %	40 %
Clay	5 %	4 %	9 %	4 %	9 %	4 %	4 %	40 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Clay	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.7 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.62 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	1.97 %	0.57 %	1.97 %	0.57 %	2.18 %	2.18 %	33.63 %	0.86 %
PH	5.9	4.4	6.3	4.4	6.3	4.4	4.4	4.3	7.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	26 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	64 %	18 %	74 %	18 %	74 %	11 %	11 %	62 %	91 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.5 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	3 %	20 %	3 %	20 %	4 %	4 %	2 %	7 %
Sand	89 %	85 %	64 %	85 %	64 %	88 %	88 %	47 %	41 %
Silt	6 %	10 %	13 %	10 %	13 %	8 %	8 %	26 %	38 %
Clay	5 %	5 %	23 %	5 %	23 %	4 %	4 %	27 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam	Sand	Sand	Sandy clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.7 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.51 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.23 %	0.91 %	0.3 %	0.91 %	0.3 %	0.39 %	0.39 %	32.89 %	0.38 %
PH	5.6	4.9	6.4	4.9	6.4	5	5	4.6	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	25 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	89 %	21 %	81 %	21 %	81 %	21 %	21 %	40 %	96 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	6.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	6.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	2.5 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	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

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