World Species : Protected Area : Augrabies Falls National Park

Augrabies Falls National Park

Location:	Northern Cape, South Africa
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	137,301 acres (55,564 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
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Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	BWh (Climate: arid; Precipitation: desert; Temperature: hot arid)

Ecoregions

Nama Karoo

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B					C			D			E				F				G				H

Share	55 %	25 %	20 %	33 %	12 %	34 %	6 %	15 %	55 %	23 %	22 %	49 %	32 %	19 %	55 %	22 %	14 %	9 %	49 %	23 %	12 %	16 %	43 %	31 %	13 %	13 %	43 %	20 %	20 %	17 %
Soil Type	Eutric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Leptosols	Ferralic Arenosols	Calcaric Arenosols	Eutric Regosols	Eutric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Ferralic Arenosols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Fluvisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Arenosols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Leptosols	Ferralic Arenosols	Lithic Leptosols	Ferralic Arenosols	Chromic Cambisols	Ferralic Arenosols	Lithic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	10 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Well	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	50 mm	15 mm	100 m	50 mm	100 m	100 m	150 m	50 mm	15 mm	100 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	100 m	15 mm	50 mm	100 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m	100 m	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	20 %	45 %	20 %	1 %	1 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	1 %	20 %	1 %	1 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	1 %	20 %	20 %	1 %	20 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	20 %	1 %	20 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	73 %	43 %	72 %	50 %	89 %	89 %	69 %	50 %	43 %	89 %	43 %	44 %	35 %	69 %	43 %	43 %	43 %	89 %	43 %	50 %	89 %	43 %	89 %	42 %	89 %	43 %	42 %	43 %	42 %	42 %
Silt	17 %	29 %	17 %	30 %	5 %	6 %	19 %	30 %	29 %	5 %	29 %	33 %	37 %	19 %	29 %	29 %	29 %	6 %	29 %	30 %	5 %	29 %	5 %	26 %	5 %	29 %	26 %	29 %	26 %	26 %
Clay	10 %	28 %	11 %	20 %	6 %	5 %	12 %	20 %	28 %	6 %	28 %	23 %	28 %	12 %	28 %	28 %	28 %	5 %	28 %	20 %	6 %	28 %	6 %	32 %	6 %	28 %	32 %	28 %	32 %	32 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Sand	Sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sand	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sand	Clay loam	Loam	Sand	Clay loam	Sand	Clay loam	Sand	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.57 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.17 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.17 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.38 %	0.39 %	0.12 %	0.72 %	0.27 %	0.2 %	0.45 %	0.72 %	0.39 %	0.27 %	0.39 %	0.73 %	0.53 %	0.45 %	0.39 %	0.39 %	0.39 %	0.2 %	0.39 %	0.72 %	0.27 %	0.39 %	0.27 %	0.93 %	0.27 %	0.39 %	0.93 %	0.39 %	0.93 %	0.93 %
PH	7.8	7.5	7.9	6.5	5.5	8.3	6.5	6.5	7.5	5.5	7.5	7	8	6.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	8.3	7.5	6.5	5.5	7.5	5.5	6.7	5.5	7.5	6.7	7.5	6.7	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	56 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	7 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	97 %	100 %	100 %	87 %	75 %	100 %	88 %	87 %	100 %	75 %	100 %	91 %	100 %	88 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	87 %	75 %	100 %	75 %	90 %	75 %	100 %	90 %	100 %	90 %	90 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	6.8 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	10.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.3 cmol kg⁻¹	10.4 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12.7 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	5.3 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	10.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	12.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12.6 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12.6 cmol kg⁻¹	12.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	1.8 %	3.1 %	2 %	0.8 %	0 %	5.7 %	1 %	0.8 %	3.1 %	0 %	3.1 %	1.5 %	4.9 %	1 %	3.1 %	3.1 %	3.1 %	5.7 %	3.1 %	0.8 %	0 %	3.1 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	3.1 %	1 %	3.1 %	1 %	1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.4 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.3 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel			60 %		1 %	1 %	30 %			1 %		1 %	1 %	30 %				1 %			1 %		1 %	1 %	1 %		1 %		1 %	1 %
Sand			86 %		88 %	90 %	70 %			88 %		45 %	34 %	70 %				90 %			88 %		88 %	41 %	88 %		41 %		41 %	41 %
Silt			10 %		5 %	5 %	17 %			5 %		31 %	39 %	17 %				5 %			5 %		5 %	25 %	5 %		25 %		25 %	25 %
Clay			4 %		7 %	5 %	13 %			7 %		24 %	27 %	13 %				5 %			7 %		7 %	34 %	7 %		34 %		34 %	34 %
USDA Texture			Loamy sand		Loamy sand	Sand	Sandy loam			Loamy sand		Loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam				Sand			Loamy sand		Loamy sand	Clay loam	Loamy sand		Clay loam		Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density			1.73 g/cm³		1.65 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³			1.65 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³				1.7 g/cm³			1.65 g/cm³		1.65 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³		1.33 g/cm³		1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Bulk Density			1.44 g/cm³		1.57 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³			1.57 g/cm³		1.4 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³				1.49 g/cm³			1.57 g/cm³		1.57 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³		1.44 g/cm³		1.44 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Organic Carbon			0.06 %		0.11 %	0.12 %	0.21 %			0.11 %		0.32 %	0.32 %	0.21 %				0.12 %			0.11 %		0.11 %	0.38 %	0.11 %		0.38 %		0.38 %	0.38 %
PH			8.1		5.3	8.5	6.8			5.3		7.3	8.1	6.8				8.5			5.3		5.3	6.9	5.3		6.9		6.9	6.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity			87 cmol kg⁻¹		18 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹			18 cmol kg⁻¹		48 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹				47 cmol kg⁻¹			18 cmol kg⁻¹		18 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹		38 cmol kg⁻¹		38 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity			4 cmol kg⁻¹		2 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹			2 cmol kg⁻¹		13 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹				3 cmol kg⁻¹			2 cmol kg⁻¹		2 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation			100 %		76 %	100 %	81 %			76 %		94 %	100 %	81 %				100 %			76 %		76 %	97 %	76 %		97 %		97 %	97 %
Total Exchangeable Bases			4 cmol kg⁻¹		1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹			1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹				3 cmol kg⁻¹			1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	13.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		13.6 cmol kg⁻¹		13.6 cmol kg⁻¹	13.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate			2 %		0 %	6.7 %	1 %			0 %		2 %	6.3 %	1 %				6.7 %			0 %		0 %	1.3 %	0 %		1.3 %		1.3 %	1.3 %
Calcium Sulphate			0.1 %		0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %			0 %		0.1 %	1.1 %	0.1 %				0.1 %			0 %		0 %	0.1 %	0 %		0.1 %		0.1 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium			2 %		4 %	4 %	3 %			4 %		2 %	1 %	3 %				4 %			4 %		4 %	1 %	4 %		1 %		1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity			0.2 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1			0 dS m-1		0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1				0.2 dS m-1			0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 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