World Species : Protected Area : Waddensea of Hamburg

Waddensea of Hamburg

Location:	Germany
Area:	31,422 acres (12,716 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Atlantic mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A	B			C

Share		70 %	25 %	5 %	45 %	35 %	15 %	5 %
Soil Type	Thionic Gleysols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Terric Histosols	Haplic Podzols	Albic Arenosols	Haplic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m
Phase 1	Saline	Saline	Saline
Root Obstacle		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 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
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 40 cm depth 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 for 3 to 6 months, but not 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	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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	15 %	4 %	28 %	3 %	3 %	4 %	2 %
Sand	13 %	34 %	39 %	35 %	87 %	88 %	90 %	86 %
Silt	56 %	48 %	40 %	33 %	9 %	7 %	5 %	10 %
Clay	31 %	18 %	21 %	32 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	4 %
USDA Texture	Silty clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Sand	Sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.29 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.31 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.3 %	0.6 %	0.86 %	39.4 %	2.18 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	1.97 %
PH	4.6	8	7.2	5.6	4.4	5.9	6.2	4.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	37 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	82 %	100 %	91 %	75 %	11 %	64 %	93 %	18 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	3.3 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	11.7 %	0.5 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	10 %	7 %	5 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	3 %
Sand	6 %	36 %	41 %	52 %	88 %	89 %	90 %	85 %
Silt	56 %	46 %	38 %	23 %	8 %	6 %	5 %	10 %
Clay	38 %	18 %	21 %	25 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	5 %
USDA Texture	Silty clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Sand	Sand	Sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.25 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.47 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.44 %	0.4 %	0.38 %	38.46 %	0.39 %	0.23 %	0.21 %	0.91 %
PH	3.7	8.1	7.5	5.8	5	5.6	6.1	4.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	40 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	100 %	96 %	96 %	21 %	89 %	100 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	10 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	12.2 %	2.5 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	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