Mount Kenya Biosphere Reserve
— Protected Area Boundary | | A | B | C | | | | | | | Share | | 60 % | 40 % | 75 % | 25 % | | Soil Type | Ferric Luvisols | Humic Nitisols | Umbric Andosols | Terric Histosols | Eutric Leptosols | | Topsoil Texture | Fine | Medium | Medium | | Medium | | Reference Depth | 100 cm | 100 cm | 100 cm | 100 cm | 30 cm | | Drainage | Moderately well | Moderately well | Moderately well | Very poor | Imperfectly | | Available Water Capacity | 150 m | 150 m | 150 m | 150 m | 50 mm | | Topsoil Properties | | Gravel | 0 % | 1 % | 0 % | 0 % | 4 % | | Sand | 27 % | 32 % | 23 % | 0 % | 45 % | | Silt | 20 % | 47 % | 44 % | 0 % | 35 % | | Clay | 53 % | 21 % | 33 % | 0 % | 20 % | | USDA Texture | Clay | Loam | Clay loam | | Loam | | Reference Bulk Density | 1.23 g/cm³ | 1.38 g/cm³ | 1.3 g/cm³ | | 1.41 g/cm³ | | Bulk Density | 1.49 g/cm³ | 1.29 g/cm³ | 0.69 g/cm³ | 0.33 g/cm³ | 1.35 g/cm³ | | Organic Carbon | 0.83 % | 1.81 % | 7.31 % | 7 % | 3 % | | PH | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | | Clay Cation Exchange Capacity | 23 cmol kg⁻¹ | 16 cmol kg⁻¹ | | | 48 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Soil Cation Exchange Capacity | 15 cmol kg⁻¹ | 41 cmol kg⁻¹ | 20 cmol kg⁻¹ | 14 cmol kg⁻¹ | 20 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Base Saturation | 70 % | 27 % | 12 % | 40 % | 40 % | | Total Exchangeable Bases | 10.5 cmol kg⁻¹ | 11.1 cmol kg⁻¹ | 2.4 cmol kg⁻¹ | 5.6 cmol kg⁻¹ | 8 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Calcium Carbonate | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | | Calcium Sulphate | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | | Exchangeable Sodium | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % | | Electrical Conductivity | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | | Subsoil Properties | | Gravel | 0 % | 1 % | 0 % | 1 % | | | Sand | 26 % | 32 % | 27 % | 0 % | | | Silt | 15 % | 48 % | 42 % | 0 % | | | Clay | 59 % | 20 % | 31 % | 0 % | | | USDA Texture | Clay | Loam | Clay loam | | | | Reference Bulk Density | 1.22 g/cm³ | 1.39 g/cm³ | 1.31 g/cm³ | | | | Bulk Density | 1.52 g/cm³ | 1.3 g/cm³ | 0.71 g/cm³ | 0.21 g/cm³ | | | Organic Carbon | 0.54 % | 1.63 % | 3.45 % | 4.33 % | | | PH | 6 | 4.8 | 5 | 4.5 | | | Clay Cation Exchange Capacity | 14 cmol kg⁻¹ | 16 cmol kg⁻¹ | 30 cmol kg⁻¹ | | | | Soil Cation Exchange Capacity | 10 cmol kg⁻¹ | 39 cmol kg⁻¹ | 20 cmol kg⁻¹ | 10 cmol kg⁻¹ | | | Base Saturation | 80 % | 17 % | 19 % | 40 % | | | Total Exchangeable Bases | 8 cmol kg⁻¹ | 6.6 cmol kg⁻¹ | 3.8 cmol kg⁻¹ | 4 cmol kg⁻¹ | | | Calcium Carbonate | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | | | Calcium Sulphate | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | | | Exchangeable Sodium | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % | | | Electrical Conductivity | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | |
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