World Species : Protected Area : Sapo National Park

Sapo National Park

Location:	Liberia
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	239,074 acres (96,750 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Am (Climate: equatorial; Precipitation: monsoonal)

Ecoregions

Western Guinean lowland forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B						C

Share	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %
Soil Type	Orthic Ferralsols	Humic Gleysols	Xantic Ferralsols	Lithosols	Xantic Ferralsols	Humic Gleysols	Plinthic Acrisols	Orthic Acrisols	Lithosols	Dystric Gleysols	Xantic Ferralsols	Orthic Ferralsols	Orthic Acrisols	Plinthic Acrisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor
Available Water Capacity	50 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Petric				Petric						Petric
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %	4 %	2 %	26 %	10 %	4 %	3 %	10 %	26 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	10 %	35 %
Sand	60 %	33 %	79 %	43 %	64 %	33 %	57 %	49 %	43 %	40 %	32 %	60 %	49 %	47 %
Silt	14 %	45 %	7 %	34 %	12 %	45 %	15 %	27 %	34 %	39 %	14 %	14 %	27 %	30 %
Clay	26 %	22 %	14 %	23 %	24 %	22 %	28 %	24 %	23 %	21 %	54 %	26 %	24 %	23 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.12 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.06 %	3.71 %	0.7 %	1.4 %	0.73 %	3.71 %	0.98 %	1 %	1.4 %	1.25 %	1.63 %	1.06 %	1 %	1.13 %
PH	5	5.5	4.8	7.6	4.6	5.5	4.7	4.6	7.6	5.1	4.4	5	4.6	4.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	8 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	38 %	34 %	29 %	100 %	44 %	34 %	44 %	44 %	100 %	47 %	13 %	38 %	44 %	54 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	0.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	0.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	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 %	3 %	4 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	4 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	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	3 %	5 %	4 %		10 %	5 %	3 %	10 %		4 %	2 %	3 %	10 %	19 %
Sand	51 %	37 %	70 %		56 %	37 %	47 %	40 %		41 %	27 %	51 %	40 %	36 %
Silt	14 %	35 %	7 %		11 %	35 %	13 %	24 %		34 %	12 %	14 %	24 %	27 %
Clay	35 %	28 %	23 %		33 %	28 %	40 %	36 %		25 %	61 %	35 %	36 %	37 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam		Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay	Clay loam		Loam	Clay (heavy)	Sandy clay	Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³		1.33 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.35 %	0.69 %	0.33 %		0.35 %	0.69 %	0.36 %	0.42 %		0.4 %	0.53 %	0.35 %	0.42 %	0.41 %
PH	5	5.6	4.8		4.8	5.6	4.6	4.8		5.2	4.7	5	4.8	4.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹		31 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹		3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	46 %	62 %	45 %		46 %	62 %	46 %	32 %		47 %	19 %	46 %	32 %	32 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.1 cmol kg⁻¹		2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹		6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	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 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	4 %	4 %		3 %	4 %	0 %	2 %		1 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	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