World Species : Protected Area : Korup National Park

Korup National Park

Location:	Cameroon
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	322,100 acres (130,349 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Am (Climate: equatorial; Precipitation: monsoonal)

Ecoregions

Cameroonian Highlands forests
Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B			C			D

Share	40 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	60 %	20 %	20 %	60 %	30 %	10 %	60 %	20 %	20 %
Soil Type	Xantic Ferralsols	Dystric Nitosols	Orthic Acrisols	Humic Podzols	Gleysols	Eutric Nitosols	Dystric Nitosols	Orthic Ferralsols	Eutric Nitosols	Dystric Nitosols	Lithosols	Eutric Nitosols	Lithosols	Orthic Ferralsols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	150 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	2 %	11 %	10 %	3 %	4 %	10 %	11 %	3 %	10 %	11 %	26 %	10 %	26 %	3 %
Sand	79 %	44 %	49 %	90 %	38 %	49 %	44 %	60 %	49 %	44 %	43 %	49 %	43 %	60 %
Silt	7 %	33 %	27 %	7 %	40 %	28 %	33 %	14 %	28 %	33 %	34 %	28 %	34 %	14 %
Clay	14 %	23 %	24 %	3 %	22 %	23 %	23 %	26 %	23 %	23 %	23 %	23 %	23 %	26 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.54 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.78 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.7 %	0.99 %	1 %	2.85 %	1.27 %	0.58 %	0.99 %	1.06 %	0.58 %	0.99 %	1.4 %	0.58 %	1.4 %	1.06 %
PH	4.8	4.9	4.6	4.4	5.8	6.2	4.9	5	6.2	4.9	7.6	6.2	7.6	5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	3 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	29 %	51 %	44 %	18 %	82 %	81 %	51 %	38 %	81 %	51 %	100 %	81 %	100 %	38 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	0.9 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	7.2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	7.2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	7.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	1 %	4 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	26 %	10 %	3 %	5 %	5 %	26 %	3 %	5 %	26 %		5 %		3 %
Sand	70 %	35 %	40 %	89 %	37 %	38 %	35 %	51 %	38 %	35 %		38 %		51 %
Silt	7 %	24 %	24 %	7 %	35 %	23 %	24 %	14 %	23 %	24 %		23 %		14 %
Clay	23 %	41 %	36 %	4 %	28 %	39 %	41 %	35 %	39 %	41 %		39 %		35 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Sand	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay	Sandy clay	Clay loam	Clay		Clay loam		Sandy clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.44 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³		1.31 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.49 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³		1.54 g/cm³		1.37 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.33 %	0.38 %	0.42 %	0.48 %	0.42 %	0.4 %	0.38 %	0.35 %	0.4 %	0.38 %		0.4 %		0.35 %
PH	4.8	5	4.8	4.8	6.3	6.3	5	5	6.3	5		6.3		5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹		41 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	3 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹		4 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	45 %	28 %	32 %	21 %	86 %	82 %	28 %	46 %	82 %	28 %		82 %		46 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.3 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 cmol kg⁻¹	9.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	9.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹		9.4 cmol kg⁻¹		2.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	1 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %		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

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