World Species : Protected Area : Archipelago de Colon

Archipelago de Colon

Location:	Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Area:	34,336,011 acres (13,895,291 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	BSh (Climate: arid; Precipitation: steppe; Temperature: hot arid)

Ecoregions

Galápagos Islands scrubland mosaic

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C		D			E		F

Share	50 %	30 %	20 %	60 %	20 %	20 %	70 %	30 %	40 %	30 %	30 %	70 %	30 %	70 %	15 %	15 %
Soil Type	Haplic Phaeozems	Mollic Andosols	Eutric Regosols	Umbric Andosols	Vitric Andosols	Haplic Andosols	Eutric Regosols	Luvic Phaeozems	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Acrisols	Thionic Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Haplic Alisols	Vertic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine
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	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m
Misc. Property																Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	0 %	10 %	4 %	15 %	2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	19 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	10 %	0 %	4 %
Sand	60 %	59 %	73 %	40 %	62 %	31 %	48 %	29 %	33 %	54 %	57 %	34 %	49 %	43 %	3 %	5 %
Silt	31 %	34 %	25 %	48 %	36 %	53 %	49 %	58 %	30 %	25 %	19 %	30 %	31 %	29 %	52 %	25 %
Clay	9 %	7 %	2 %	12 %	2 %	16 %	3 %	13 %	37 %	21 %	24 %	36 %	20 %	28 %	45 %	70 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Silt loam	Sandy loam	Silt loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Silty clay	Clay (heavy)
Reference Bulk Density	1.56 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.8 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.78 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.15 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.02 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	0.92 g/cm³	1.02 g/cm³	0.79 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.11 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.11 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.88 %	2.39 %	1.46 %	5.33 %	3.82 %	2.83 %	0.34 %	1.41 %	2.89 %	0.6 %	0.8 %	2.8 %	0.64 %	1.3 %	2.64 %	3.22 %
PH	6.2	6.7	6.2	5.2	6	5.5	8.5	5.8	4.9	5.9	5.1	4.3	5.7	7.1	4.6	6.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	36 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	76 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	140 cmol kg⁻¹	128 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	140 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	92 cmol kg⁻¹	103 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	7 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	81 %	92 %	14 %	65 %	33 %	100 %	85 %	31 %	89 %	51 %	32 %	86 %	100 %	11 %	94 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	6 cmol kg⁻¹	8.1 cmol kg⁻¹	6.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	9.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	20.4 cmol kg⁻¹	10.5 cmol kg⁻¹	33.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	6.4 cmol kg⁻¹	14.6 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	36.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0.3 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	2.3 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.1 %	0 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	14 %	22 %	12 %	60 %	1 %	3 %	0 %	1 %	9 %	1 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	4 %
Sand	49 %	65 %	76 %	45 %	91 %	33 %	58 %	23 %	35 %	49 %	48 %	36 %	80 %		2 %	22 %
Silt	36 %	29 %	22 %	42 %	8 %	49 %	39 %	63 %	28 %	24 %	17 %	33 %	13 %		49 %	20 %
Clay	15 %	6 %	2 %	13 %	1 %	18 %	3 %	14 %	37 %	27 %	35 %	31 %	7 %		49 %	58 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Silt loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay	Clay loam	Loamy sand		Silty clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.46 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.81 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.94 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.72 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³		1.2 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.01 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	0.9 g/cm³	1 g/cm³	0.76 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.02 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³		1 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.49 %	1.53 %	0.73 %	4.87 %	0.74 %	1.8 %	0.12 %	0.79 %	0.45 %	0.26 %	0.36 %	1.64 %	0.25 %		0.96 %	0.67 %
PH	7.1	7	6.6	5.9	6.1	5.9	8.9	7	4.3	5.8	5	4.1	6		4.8	5.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	74 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	140 cmol kg⁻¹	129 cmol kg⁻¹	103 cmol kg⁻¹	140 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	135 cmol kg⁻¹		31 cmol kg⁻¹	83 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹		18 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	94 %	86 %	80 %	57 %	70 %	45 %	100 %	93 %	34 %	91 %	35 %	36 %	93 %		10 %	95 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	6.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.8 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	32.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	41.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	11.2 cmol kg⁻¹		1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	1.5 %	0.8 %	0.3 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3 %	1.5 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	8 %	3 %		1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0 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