World Species : Protected Area : Parc National de Tai

Parc National de Tai

Location:	Côte d'Ivoire
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	1,085,310 acres (439,209 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Am (Climate: equatorial; Precipitation: monsoonal)

Ecoregions

Western Guinean lowland forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B		C

Share	30 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	90 %	10 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Ferric Acrisols	Ferric Acrisols	Dystric Nitosols	Orthic Acrisols	Ferralic Cambisols	Lithosols	Xantic Ferralsols	Humic Gleysols	Plinthic Acrisols	Orthic Acrisols	Lithosols	Dystric Gleysols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor
Available Water Capacity	50 m	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m
Phase 1	Petric	Petric					Petric
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	23 %	11 %	10 %	1 %	26 %	10 %	4 %	3 %	10 %	26 %	2 %
Sand	78 %	53 %	44 %	49 %	52 %	43 %	64 %	33 %	57 %	49 %	43 %	40 %
Silt	12 %	22 %	33 %	27 %	25 %	34 %	12 %	45 %	15 %	27 %	34 %	39 %
Clay	10 %	25 %	23 %	24 %	23 %	23 %	24 %	22 %	28 %	24 %	23 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.58 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.52 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.61 %	0.98 %	0.99 %	1 %	0.95 %	1.4 %	0.73 %	3.71 %	0.98 %	1 %	1.4 %	1.25 %
PH	6.2	5.1	4.9	4.6	4.7	7.6	4.6	5.5	4.7	4.6	7.6	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	28 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	72 %	49 %	51 %	44 %	39 %	100 %	44 %	34 %	44 %	44 %	100 %	47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	3.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	4 %	1 %
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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	19 %	26 %	10 %	5 %		10 %	5 %	3 %	10 %		4 %
Sand	65 %	41 %	35 %	40 %	48 %		56 %	37 %	47 %	40 %		41 %
Silt	12 %	20 %	24 %	24 %	24 %		11 %	35 %	13 %	24 %		34 %
Clay	23 %	39 %	41 %	36 %	28 %		33 %	28 %	40 %	36 %		25 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam		Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay	Clay loam		Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.52 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³		1.33 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.3 %	0.39 %	0.38 %	0.42 %	0.35 %		0.35 %	0.69 %	0.36 %	0.42 %		0.4 %
PH	5.7	5	5	4.8	4.9		4.8	5.6	4.6	4.8		5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹		31 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹		3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	46 %	33 %	28 %	32 %	57 %		46 %	62 %	46 %	32 %		47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	3.7 cmol kg⁻¹		2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹		6.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %		3 %	4 %	0 %	2 %		1 %
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

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