World Species : Protected Area : Ilmensky Zapovednik

Ilmensky Zapovednik

Location:	Chelyabinsk, Russia
IUCN Category:	Ia
Area:	84,955 acres (34,380 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfb (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Kazakh forest steppe
West Siberian taiga

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A	B		C		D		E

Share		90 %	10 %	90 %	10 %	90 %	10 %
Soil Type	Humic Cambisols	Luvic Chernozems	Eutric Planosols	Haplic Greyzems	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Greyzems	Dystric Gleysols	Haplic Greyzems
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1					Gravelly		Phreatic
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	0 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 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	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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	8 %	4 %	4 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	2 %	10 %
Sand	41 %	19 %	42 %	25 %	23 %	25 %	40 %	25 %
Silt	36 %	37 %	38 %	54 %	29 %	54 %	39 %	54 %
Clay	23 %	44 %	20 %	21 %	48 %	21 %	21 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Loam	Silt loam	Clay	Silt loam	Loam	Silt loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.1 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.72 %	2.44 %	1.06 %	1.6 %	1.17 %	1.6 %	1.17 %	1.6 %
PH	5.3	7.2	5.6	6.6	6.7	6.6	5.1	6.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	52 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	21 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	25 %	100 %	67 %	99 %	89 %	99 %	47 %	99 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	4.2 %	0 %	1.6 %	0.1 %	1.6 %	0 %	1.6 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 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	6 %	6 %	4 %	10 %	24 %	10 %	6 %	10 %
Sand	44 %	14 %	33 %	23 %	26 %	23 %	41 %	23 %
Silt	32 %	39 %	31 %	49 %	29 %	49 %	34 %	49 %
Clay	24 %	47 %	36 %	28 %	45 %	28 %	25 %	28 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.16 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.07 %	1.25 %	0.43 %	0.4 %	0.58 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.4 %
PH	5.3	7.3	6.3	7	7	7	5.3	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	37 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	30 %	100 %	89 %	100 %	97 %	100 %	47 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.3 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.3 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	7.8 %	0 %	3.5 %	0.3 %	3.5 %	0 %	3.5 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	4 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 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