World Species : Protected Area : Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary

Pidaung Wildlife Sanctuary

Location:	Myanmar
IUCN Category:	III
Area:	244,241 acres (98,841 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

Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests
Northern Triangle subtropical forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A						B

Share	20 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	25 %	25 %	20 %	20 %	10 %
Soil Type	Orthic Acrisols	Orthic Acrisols	Ferric Luvisols	Ferric Acrisols	Plinthic Gleysols	Plinthic Acrisols	Humic Gleysols	Humic Gleysols	Eutric Planosols	Eutric Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	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	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	11 %	23 %	7 %	3 %	4 %	7 %	4 %	4 %	4 %
Sand	49 %	29 %	56 %	53 %	42 %	57 %	33 %	17 %	42 %	37 %	39 %
Silt	27 %	25 %	20 %	22 %	37 %	15 %	45 %	31 %	38 %	40 %	41 %
Clay	24 %	46 %	24 %	25 %	21 %	28 %	22 %	52 %	20 %	23 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1 %	1.07 %	0.74 %	0.98 %	0.91 %	0.98 %	3.71 %	4.2 %	1.06 %	1.07 %	0.9 %
PH	4.6	4.6	6.3	5.1	4.9	4.7	5.5	5	5.5	6.2	7.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	44 %	38 %	85 %	49 %	82 %	44 %	34 %	22 %	65 %	88 %	91 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	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	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	8.3 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	16.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	0 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	10 %	19 %	10 %	3 %	5 %	1 %	4 %	5 %	8 %
Sand	40 %	23 %	44 %	41 %	36 %	47 %	37 %	21 %	32 %	36 %	41 %
Silt	24 %	22 %	19 %	20 %	30 %	13 %	35 %	27 %	32 %	36 %	38 %
Clay	36 %	55 %	37 %	39 %	34 %	40 %	28 %	52 %	36 %	28 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay	Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.32 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.42 %	0.46 %	0.34 %	0.39 %	0.3 %	0.36 %	0.69 %	1.23 %	0.43 %	0.39 %	0.4 %
PH	4.8	4.9	6	5	5	4.6	5.6	5.1	6.3	6.6	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	32 %	23 %	77 %	33 %	86 %	46 %	62 %	31 %	85 %	90 %	97 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	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	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	11.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	0 %	4 %	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

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