World Species : Protected Area : Baikalskiy Biosphere Reserve

Baikalskiy Biosphere Reserve

Location:	Russia
IUCN Category:	Ia
Area:	458,883 acres (185,703 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfc (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: cool summer)

Ecoregions

Sayan montane conifer forests
Trans-Baikal conifer forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A	B		C	D		E		F		G	H

Share	90 %	90 %	10 %		90 %	10 %	90 %	10 %	90 %	10 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Gelic Regosols	Lithic Leptosols	Ferric Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Ferric Podzols	Gelic Gleysols	Ferric Podzols	Ferric Podzols	Ferric Podzols	Ferric Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse
Reference Depth	10 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive
Available Water Capacity	0 mm	0 mm	15 m	0 mm	15 m	150 m	15 m	150 m	15 m	15 m	15 m	100 m
Phase 1	Stony	Stony	Lithic	Stony	Gravelly	Phreatic	Gravelly	Phreatic	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly
Phase 2	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly
Root Obstacle			20 - 40 cm		0 - 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer			0 - 40 cm		80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime			Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month		Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Misc. Property			Gelic (permafrost within 200 cm)					Gelic (permafrost within 200 cm)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	21 %	21 %	22 %	21 %	3 %	2 %	3 %	4 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	3 %
Sand	73 %	73 %	26 %	73 %	86 %	40 %	86 %	37 %	86 %	86 %	86 %	86 %
Silt	18 %	18 %	63 %	18 %	8 %	39 %	8 %	46 %	8 %	8 %	8 %	8 %
Clay	9 %	9 %	11 %	9 %	6 %	21 %	6 %	17 %	6 %	6 %	6 %	6 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Silt loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.59 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.4 %	1.4 %	1.15 %	1.4 %	2.02 %	1.17 %	2.02 %	3.14 %	2.02 %	2.02 %	2.02 %	2.02 %
PH	7.5	7.5	6.6	7.5	4.5	5.1	4.5	6.3	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	85 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	104 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	86 %	79 %	86 %	17 %	47 %	17 %	82 %	17 %	17 %	17 %	17 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel			28 %		3 %	6 %	3 %	5 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	3 %
Sand			26 %		86 %	41 %	86 %	33 %	86 %	86 %	86 %	86 %
Silt			63 %		6 %	34 %	6 %	46 %	6 %	6 %	6 %	6 %
Clay			11 %		8 %	25 %	8 %	21 %	8 %	8 %	8 %	8 %
USDA Texture			Silt loam		Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density			1.47 g/cm³		1.63 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³
Bulk Density			1.48 g/cm³		1.57 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³
Organic Carbon			0.4 %		0.51 %	0.4 %	0.51 %	0.8 %	0.51 %	0.51 %	0.51 %	0.51 %
PH			6.9		5.1	5.3	5.1	6.7	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity			37 cmol kg⁻¹		50 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity			9 cmol kg⁻¹		2 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation			100 %		21 %	47 %	21 %	86 %	21 %	21 %	21 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases			9.3 cmol kg⁻¹		1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate			0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate			0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium			2 %		0 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
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

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