World Species : Protected Area : Barguzinskiy Biosphere Reserve

Barguzinskiy Biosphere Reserve

Location:	Buryatia, Russia
IUCN Category:	Ia
Area:	924,970 acres (374,322 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dwc (Climate: snow; Precipitation: winter dry; Temperature: cool summer)

Ecoregions

East Siberian taiga
Trans-Baikal Bald Mountain tundra
Trans-Baikal conifer forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B		C	D	E		F		G

Share	80 %	10 %	80 %	10 %			80 %	10 %	90 %	10 %	90 %	10 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Gleyic Podzols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Fluvisols	Ferric Podzols	Ferric Podzols	Ferric Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Ferric Podzols	Ferric Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse
Reference Depth	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive
Available Water Capacity	0 mm	100 m	0 mm	15 mm	0 mm	150 m	15 m	100 m	15 m	150 m	15 m	100 m
Phase 1	Stony		Stony	Stony	Stony	Flooded	Gravelly		Gravelly	Phreatic	Gravelly
Phase 2	Gravelly		Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly
Root Obstacle		None to 80 cm				None to 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer		None to 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				Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 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	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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	21 %	2 %	21 %	23 %	21 %	10 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	2 %	3 %	3 %
Sand	73 %	86 %	73 %	76 %	73 %	79 %	86 %	86 %	86 %	40 %	86 %	86 %
Silt	18 %	10 %	18 %	14 %	18 %	12 %	8 %	8 %	8 %	39 %	8 %	8 %
Clay	9 %	4 %	9 %	10 %	9 %	9 %	6 %	6 %	6 %	21 %	6 %	6 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.59 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.45 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.4 %	1.97 %	1.4 %	0.65 %	1.4 %	0.87 %	2.02 %	2.02 %	2.02 %	1.17 %	2.02 %	2.02 %
PH	7.5	4.4	7.5	5.1	7.5	5.3	4.5	4.5	4.5	5.1	4.5	4.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	85 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	18 %	86 %	62 %	86 %	55 %	17 %	17 %	17 %	47 %	17 %	17 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 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 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	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		3 %				17 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	6 %	3 %	3 %
Sand		85 %				79 %	86 %	86 %	86 %	41 %	86 %	86 %
Silt		10 %				11 %	6 %	6 %	6 %	34 %	6 %	6 %
Clay		5 %				10 %	8 %	8 %	8 %	25 %	8 %	8 %
USDA Texture		Loamy sand				Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density		1.7 g/cm³				1.58 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.54 g/cm³				1.5 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.91 %				0.26 %	0.51 %	0.51 %	0.51 %	0.4 %	0.51 %	0.51 %
PH		4.9				5.5	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.1	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		44 cmol kg⁻¹				38 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		3 cmol kg⁻¹				4 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		21 %				46 %	21 %	21 %	21 %	47 %	21 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		1.7 cmol kg⁻¹				1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %				0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %				0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		3 %				2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	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

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