World Species : Protected Area : Defensores del Chaco National Park

Defensores del Chaco National Park

Location:	Paraguay
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	1,792,493 acres (725,396 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Aw (Climate: equatorial; Precipitation: winter dry)

Ecoregions

Dry Chaco

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B				C				D

Share	40 %	30 %	15 %	15 %	40 %	30 %	15 %	15 %	40 %	30 %	15 %	15 %	70 %	30 %
Soil Type	Chromic Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Haplic Solonetz	Haplic Arenosols	Haplic Solonetz	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Planosols	Gleyic Solonetz	Eutric Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Haplic Solonetz	Eutric Leptosols	Eutric Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	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	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 mm	50 mm
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	9 %	0 %	13 %	28 %
Sand	55 %	47 %	18 %	82 %	41 %	27 %	36 %	22 %	50 %	34 %	47 %	47 %	31 %	51 %
Silt	21 %	38 %	27 %	8 %	26 %	31 %	31 %	51 %	24 %	27 %	36 %	27 %	37 %	26 %
Clay	24 %	15 %	55 %	10 %	33 %	42 %	33 %	27 %	26 %	39 %	17 %	26 %	32 %	23 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.31 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.15 %	0.28 %	0.34 %	0.89 %	0.67 %	0.86 %	1.18 %	0.4 %	1.49 %	1 %	3.02 %	1.61 %	1.9 %	1.81 %
PH	6.8	6	9.3	5.7	5.7	7.7	7.1	7.8	7.1	6.8	6.3	6.6	5.7	5.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	27 cmol kg⁻¹	133 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	136 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	11 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	90 %	78 %	100 %	93 %	100 %	100 %	86 %	97 %	95 %	89 %	81 %	100 %	87 %	90 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	9.9 cmol kg⁻¹	16.4 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	3.7 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	20.4 cmol kg⁻¹	13.3 cmol kg⁻¹	51.6 cmol kg⁻¹	14.6 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.5 %	0 %	3.1 %	0 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	1.3 %	1.3 %	0.4 %	0.1 %	0.5 %	0 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	23 %	3 %	18 %	1 %	3 %	32 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	13 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	1.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	2.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	10 %	0 %
Sand	53 %	52 %	32 %	81 %	39 %	27 %	30 %	12 %	48 %	33 %	48 %	44 %
Silt	21 %	29 %	22 %	10 %	26 %	29 %	34 %	41 %	31 %	25 %	34 %	23 %
Clay	26 %	19 %	46 %	9 %	35 %	44 %	36 %	47 %	21 %	42 %	18 %	33 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Silty clay	Loam	Clay	Loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.31 %	0.19 %	0.21 %	0.33 %	0.21 %	0.26 %	0.46 %	0.25 %	0.64 %	0.36 %	1.43 %	0.32 %
PH	7.7	6.4	9.7	5.9	6.6	7.8	7.7	9.4	8	7.8	5.8	7.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	54 cmol kg⁻¹	110 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	60 cmol kg⁻¹	81 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	60 cmol kg⁻¹	106 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	99 %	89 %	100 %	98 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	97 %	89 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	18.7 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	6.9 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	44.6 cmol kg⁻¹	14.2 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	1.9 %	0.1 %	3 %	0 %	0.3 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	1.5 %	0 %	1.8 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	32 %	3 %	30 %	2 %	3 %	48 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	30 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	2.7 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	1.5 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	2.5 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	3.5 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