World Species : Protected Area : Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park

Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park

Location:	Northern Territory, Australia
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	332,429 acres (134,529 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

Great Sandy-Tanami desert

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B

Share	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	15 %	15 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Ferralic Arenosols	Luvic Yermosols	Dystric Regosols	Calcic Xerosols	Luvic Yermosols	Luvic Yermosols	Haplic Yermosols	Ferralic Arenosols	Orthic Solonetz	Dystric Regosols	Calcic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	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	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	15 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Stony				Duripan	Duripan
Phase 2	Duripan
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	20 %	20 %	4 %	4 %	20 %	20 %	1 %	6 %	20 %	6 %
Sand	89 %	50 %	42 %	40 %	79 %	50 %	41 %	89 %	47 %	42 %	50 %
Silt	5 %	29 %	37 %	37 %	10 %	29 %	39 %	5 %	28 %	37 %	29 %
Clay	6 %	21 %	21 %	23 %	11 %	21 %	20 %	6 %	25 %	21 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Sand	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.68 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.68 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.54 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.66 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	0.4 %	1.37 %	0.56 %	0.34 %	0.4 %	0.41 %	0.4 %	0.66 %	1.37 %	0.5 %
PH	5.6	7.3	5.1	7.9	8.2	7.3	8.3	5.6	8.1	5.1	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	27 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	93 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	2 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	71 %	100 %	22 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	71 %	100 %	22 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	33.2 cmol kg⁻¹	6.8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	18.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	18.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0.5 %	0 %	9 %	2.2 %	0.5 %	1.5 %	0 %	5.8 %	0 %	10.8 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.4 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	6 %	2 %	3 %	5 %	6 %	6 %	3 %	13 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.8 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	27 %	35 %	4 %	5 %	27 %	27 %	4 %	8 %	35 %	10 %
Sand	89 %	44 %	44 %	37 %	65 %	44 %	38 %	89 %	40 %	44 %	46 %
Silt	4 %	28 %	35 %	36 %	14 %	28 %	40 %	4 %	27 %	35 %	29 %
Clay	7 %	28 %	21 %	27 %	21 %	28 %	22 %	7 %	33 %	21 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sand	Clay loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.66 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.66 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.55 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.2 %	0.28 %	0.6 %	0.33 %	0.24 %	0.28 %	0.22 %	0.2 %	0.29 %	0.6 %	0.32 %
PH	5.4	7.3	4.9	8	8.3	7.3	8.3	5.4	8.5	4.9	8.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	20 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	2 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	74 %	100 %	25 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	74 %	100 %	25 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	41.4 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	14.6 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	35.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	24.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	3.8 %	0 %	9 %	11.4 %	3.8 %	4.5 %	0 %	7.4 %	0 %	13 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.7 %	0 %	0.3 %	0.9 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	4 %	2 %	7 %	3 %	4 %	5 %	4 %	39 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	9.7 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	9.7 dS m-1	3.8 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	2.7 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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