World Species : Protected Area : Kaieteur National Park

Kaieteur National Park

Location:	Guyana
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	1,464,632 acres (592,715 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Af (Climate: equatorial; Precipitation: fully humid)

Ecoregions

Guianan Highlands moist forests
Guianan moist forests
Pantepuis

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B					C			D

Share	60 %	20 %	20 %	30 %	25 %	15 %	15 %	15 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	25 %	25 %
Soil Type	Dystric Leptosols	Dystric Regosols	Haplic Acrisols	Haplic Ferralsols	Haplic Ferralsols	Albic Arenosols	Haplic Nitisols	Dystric Regosols	Haplic Acrisols	Xanthic Ferralsols	Haplic Lixisols	Ferralic Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Carbic Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Fine	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Fine	Fine	Fine	Coarse
Reference Depth	30 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	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive
Available Water Capacity	50 mm	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	1 %	36 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	60 %	60 %	11 %	0 %	55 %	60 %	5 %	0 %
Sand	87 %	90 %	52 %	80 %	55 %	98 %	29 %	97 %	63 %	78 %	29 %	41 %	33 %	89 %
Silt	12 %	8 %	30 %	5 %	6 %	2 %	24 %	3 %	12 %	8 %	30 %	19 %	17 %	8 %
Clay	1 %	2 %	18 %	15 %	39 %	0 %	47 %	0 %	25 %	14 %	41 %	40 %	50 %	3 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy clay	Sand	Clay	Sand	Sandy clay loam	Sandy loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.93 g/cm³	1.84 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³		1.26 g/cm³		1.41 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.77 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.17 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.3 %	0.47 %	1.58 %	0.85 %	2.26 %	0.88 %	3.05 %	3.73 %	1.71 %	0.3 %	1.28 %	1.25 %	2.35 %	1.63 %
PH	4.5	4.6	5.3	4.1	4.4	5	4.4	5	4.6	4.4	5.3	4.8	5.6	4.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity			14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹		5 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	40 %	15 %	46 %	31 %	18 %	47 %	39 %	15 %	40 %	33 %	81 %	44 %	88 %	30 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	3.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	8.9 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	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 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		8 %	22 %	6 %	6 %	0 %	58 %	60 %	26 %	4 %	24 %	49 %	4 %	0 %
Sand		87 %	17 %	43 %	43 %	97 %	21 %	97 %	42 %	65 %	15 %	46 %	29 %	90 %
Silt		10 %	40 %	8 %	8 %	3 %	23 %	2 %	13 %	8 %	32 %	16 %	18 %	8 %
Clay		3 %	43 %	49 %	49 %	0 %	56 %	1 %	45 %	27 %	53 %	38 %	53 %	2 %
USDA Texture		Sand	Clay	Clay	Clay	Sand	Clay	Sand	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Sandy clay	Clay	Sand
Reference Bulk Density		1.77 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³		1.21 g/cm³	1.95 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.84 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.28 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.22 %	0.51 %	0.27 %	0.74 %	0.16 %	1.45 %	2.01 %	0.71 %	0.08 %	0.54 %	1.34 %	0.85 %	0.46 %
PH		4.8	5.6	4.9	4.9	5.3	5.1	5.3	4.8	4.8	5.2	4.9	5.4	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity			16 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹		5 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	0 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		1 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		21 %	34 %	20 %	20 %	55 %	58 %	25 %	36 %	25 %	74 %	45 %	82 %	31 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		0.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	0.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	0.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %	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 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		4 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	5 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity		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	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