World Species : Protected Area : Banc d'Arguin National Park

Banc d'Arguin National Park

Location:	Mauritania
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	2,949,017 acres (1,193,425 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	BWh (Climate: arid; Precipitation: desert; Temperature: hot arid)

Ecoregions

Atlantic coastal desert
North Saharan steppe and woodlands

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A	B			C	D	E		F

Share		60 %	30 %	10 %		50 %	70 %	30 %	70 %	30 %
Soil Type	Cambic Arenosols	Thionic Fluvisols	Gleyic Solonchaks	Eutric Regosols	Regosols	Eutric Regosols	Haplic Yermosols	Orthic Solonchaks	Gypsic Yermosols	Solonchaks
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1		Saline			Stony
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	4 %	6 %	27 %	24 %	18 %	20 %	6 %	20 %	6 %
Sand	89 %	30 %	36 %	47 %	44 %	83 %	41 %	36 %	35 %	35 %
Silt	6 %	41 %	43 %	34 %	36 %	11 %	39 %	43 %	45 %	43 %
Clay	5 %	29 %	21 %	19 %	20 %	6 %	20 %	21 %	20 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.7 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.19 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	3 %	0.42 %	0.97 %	1.12 %	0.5 %	0.41 %	0.53 %	0.47 %	0.48 %
PH	6.4	4.5	8.1	6.4	6.4	6.6	8.3	8.2	7.9	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	39 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	3 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	93 %	100 %	79 %	76 %	94 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	3 cmol kg⁻¹	16.7 cmol kg⁻¹	13.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	18.1 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10.4 cmol kg⁻¹	17.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	9.5 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1.5 %	9 %	31.6 %	9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	6.5 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	1.8 %	15.1 %	1.8 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	0 %	46 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	6 %	30 %	4 %	39 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	14.5 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	22.3 dS m-1	2.9 dS m-1	20.8 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	8 %	5 %	28 %	28 %	21 %	27 %	7 %	15 %	5 %
Sand	89 %	25 %	37 %	50 %	44 %	81 %	38 %	40 %	36 %	38 %
Silt	5 %	41 %	39 %	32 %	35 %	11 %	40 %	39 %	37 %	39 %
Clay	6 %	34 %	24 %	18 %	21 %	8 %	22 %	21 %	27 %	23 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.68 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.52 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.21 %	1.6 %	0.3 %	0.4 %	0.48 %	0.3 %	0.22 %	0.27 %	0.15 %	0.29 %
PH	6.3	3.6	8.1	6.9	6.9	6.7	8.3	8.2	7.8	8.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	37 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	59 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	3 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	77 %	100 %	85 %	100 %	75 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	18.2 cmol kg⁻¹	10.3 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	20.4 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	13.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	12.3 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	4.5 %	10 %	22.8 %	10.3 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	4.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.7 %	1 %	23 %	1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	5 %	54 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	5 %	20 %	31 %	39 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	2.8 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	3.8 dS m-1	14 dS m-1	6.5 dS m-1	14 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