World Species : Protected Area : Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park

Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park

Location:	Myanmar
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	421,336 acres (170,509 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cwa (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: winter dry; Temperature: hot summer)

Ecoregions

Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B						C

Share	40 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	25 %	25 %	20 %	20 %	10 %
Soil Type	Ferralic Cambisols	Rhodic Ferralsols	Orthic Acrisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Lithosols	Orthic Acrisols	Orthic Acrisols	Ferric Luvisols	Ferric Acrisols	Plinthic Gleysols	Plinthic Acrisols	Humic Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Lithosols	Humic Acrisols	Rankers
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	15 mm	150 m	50 mm
Phase 1	Lithic											Lithic	Lithic
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	1 %	10 %	4 %	26 %	10 %	4 %	11 %	23 %	7 %	3 %	8 %	5 %	26 %	5 %	10 %
Sand	52 %	22 %	49 %	39 %	43 %	49 %	29 %	56 %	53 %	42 %	57 %	41 %	25 %	43 %	46 %	48 %
Silt	25 %	19 %	27 %	41 %	34 %	27 %	25 %	20 %	22 %	37 %	15 %	36 %	26 %	34 %	30 %	31 %
Clay	23 %	59 %	24 %	20 %	23 %	24 %	46 %	24 %	25 %	21 %	28 %	23 %	49 %	23 %	24 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Clay (heavy)	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.31 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.04 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.95 %	1.42 %	1 %	0.9 %	1.4 %	1 %	1.07 %	0.74 %	0.98 %	0.91 %	0.98 %	2.72 %	3.09 %	1.4 %	1.73 %	1.43 %
PH	4.7	5.4	4.6	7.3	7.6	4.6	4.6	6.3	5.1	4.9	4.7	5.2	5.1	7.6	5	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	39 %	61 %	44 %	91 %	100 %	44 %	38 %	85 %	49 %	82 %	44 %	24 %	15 %	100 %	27 %	47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	16.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	3 %	10 %	8 %		10 %	4 %	10 %	19 %	10 %	3 %	8 %	1 %		7 %
Sand	48 %	19 %	40 %	41 %		40 %	23 %	44 %	41 %	36 %	47 %	44 %	26 %		41 %
Silt	24 %	17 %	24 %	38 %		24 %	22 %	19 %	20 %	30 %	13 %	32 %	28 %		26 %
Clay	28 %	64 %	36 %	21 %		36 %	55 %	37 %	39 %	34 %	40 %	24 %	46 %		33 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Clay (heavy)	Clay loam	Loam		Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay	Loam	Clay		Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.19 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³		1.32 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³		1.34 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.19 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.4 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.09 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.35 %	0.59 %	0.42 %	0.4 %		0.42 %	0.46 %	0.34 %	0.39 %	0.3 %	0.36 %	1.03 %	0.95 %		0.77 %
PH	4.9	5.5	4.8	7.5		4.8	4.9	6	5	5	4.6	5.2	5.1		5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹		7 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	57 %	36 %	32 %	97 %		32 %	23 %	77 %	33 %	86 %	46 %	30 %	12 %		21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	3.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹		2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.7 cmol kg⁻¹	6.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.3 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹		3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %		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	2 %	2 %	2 %	3 %		2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	0 %	2 %	1 %		1 %
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

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