World Species : Protected Area : Waddensea of Lower Saxony

Waddensea of Lower Saxony

Location:	Germany
Area:	539,522 acres (218,337 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			D			E

Share	90 %	10 %		70 %	25 %	5 %	70 %	20 %	10 %	45 %	35 %	15 %	5 %
Soil Type	Dystric Regosols	Eutric Regosols	Thionic Gleysols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Terric Histosols	Eutric Fluvisols	Dystric Fluvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Haplic Podzols	Albic Arenosols	Haplic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	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	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	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	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	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	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	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 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	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 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	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	19 %	15 %	4 %	15 %	4 %	28 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	3 %	3 %	4 %	2 %
Sand	78 %	83 %	13 %	34 %	39 %	35 %	39 %	47 %	37 %	87 %	88 %	90 %	86 %
Silt	13 %	11 %	56 %	48 %	40 %	33 %	40 %	33 %	40 %	9 %	7 %	5 %	10 %
Clay	9 %	6 %	31 %	18 %	21 %	32 %	21 %	20 %	23 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	4 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Silty clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Sand	Sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.6 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.27 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.7 %	0.5 %	1.3 %	0.6 %	0.86 %	39.4 %	0.86 %	1.05 %	1.07 %	2.18 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	1.97 %
PH	5.6	6.6	4.6	8	7.2	5.6	7.2	4.8	6.2	4.4	5.9	6.2	4.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	29 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	98 %	93 %	82 %	100 %	91 %	75 %	91 %	36 %	88 %	11 %	64 %	93 %	18 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.2 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 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 %	0 %	0 %	11.7 %	0.5 %	0 %	0.5 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	14 %	22 %	5 %	10 %	7 %	5 %	7 %	8 %	5 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	3 %
Sand	77 %	80 %	6 %	36 %	41 %	52 %	41 %	51 %	36 %	88 %	89 %	90 %	85 %
Silt	13 %	11 %	56 %	46 %	38 %	23 %	38 %	29 %	36 %	8 %	6 %	5 %	10 %
Clay	10 %	9 %	38 %	18 %	21 %	25 %	21 %	20 %	28 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	5 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Silty clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sand	Sand	Sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.58 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.31 %	0.3 %	0.44 %	0.4 %	0.38 %	38.46 %	0.38 %	0.41 %	0.37 %	0.39 %	0.23 %	0.21 %	0.91 %
PH	5.3	6.7	3.7	8.1	7.5	5.8	7.5	4.9	6.6	5	5.6	6.1	4.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	36 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	28 %	76 %	86 %	100 %	96 %	96 %	96 %	29 %	90 %	21 %	89 %	100 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 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 %	0 %	0 %	12.2 %	2.5 %	0 %	2.5 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	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	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