Itala Game Reserve
| Location: | Kwazulu Natal, South Africa | | IUCN Category: | II | | Area: | 72,822 acres (29,470 hectares) | | Species: | All Endangered Invasive | | Climate: | View Climate Data | | Land Use: | View Land Use Data | | Köppen climate classification: | Cwb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: winter dry; Temperature: warm summer) |
— Protected Area Boundary | | A | B | | | | | | Share | | 40 % | 30 % | 20 % | 10 % | | Soil Type | Eutric Leptosols | Dystric Regosols | Umbric Leptosols | Rhodic Ferralsols | Haplic Ferralsols | | Topsoil Texture | Medium | Medium | Medium | Fine | Fine | | Reference Depth | 30 cm | 100 cm | 30 cm | 100 cm | 100 cm | | Drainage | Imperfectly | Moderately well | Imperfectly | Moderately well | Moderately well | | Available Water Capacity | 50 mm | 150 m | 50 mm | 150 m | 150 m | | Topsoil Properties | | Gravel | 20 % | 43 % | 26 % | 2 % | 1 % | | Sand | 50 % | 58 % | 51 % | 43 % | 30 % | | Silt | 30 % | 25 % | 26 % | 10 % | 19 % | | Clay | 20 % | 17 % | 23 % | 47 % | 51 % | | USDA Texture | Loam | Sandy loam | Sandy clay loam | Clay | Clay | | Reference Bulk Density | 1.42 g/cm³ | 1.46 g/cm³ | 1.4 g/cm³ | 1.28 g/cm³ | 1.25 g/cm³ | | Bulk Density | 1.35 g/cm³ | 1.29 g/cm³ | 1.1 g/cm³ | 1.2 g/cm³ | 1.51 g/cm³ | | Organic Carbon | 0.72 % | 0.95 % | 3.23 % | 1.21 % | 1.29 % | | PH | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5 | 5.1 | | Clay Cation Exchange Capacity | 49 cmol kg⁻¹ | 40 cmol kg⁻¹ | 9 cmol kg⁻¹ | 5 cmol kg⁻¹ | 7 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Soil Cation Exchange Capacity | 12 cmol kg⁻¹ | 10 cmol kg⁻¹ | 13 cmol kg⁻¹ | 6 cmol kg⁻¹ | 8 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Base Saturation | 87 % | 15 % | 39 % | 50 % | 18 % | | Total Exchangeable Bases | 10.4 cmol kg⁻¹ | 1.5 cmol kg⁻¹ | 5.1 cmol kg⁻¹ | 3 cmol kg⁻¹ | 1.4 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Calcium Carbonate | 0.8 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | | Calcium Sulphate | 0.1 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | | Exchangeable Sodium | 2 % | 2 % | 4 % | 1 % | 1 % | | Electrical Conductivity | 0.1 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 | | Subsoil Properties | | Gravel | | 28 % | | 1 % | 1 % | | Sand | | 65 % | | 34 % | 25 % | | Silt | | 21 % | | 12 % | 19 % | | Clay | | 14 % | | 54 % | 56 % | | USDA Texture | | Sandy loam | | Clay | Clay | | Reference Bulk Density | | 1.5 g/cm³ | | 1.24 g/cm³ | 1.22 g/cm³ | | Bulk Density | | 1.38 g/cm³ | | 1.25 g/cm³ | 1.44 g/cm³ | | Organic Carbon | | 0.3 % | | 0.52 % | 0.62 % | | PH | | 5.3 | | 5.4 | 4.9 | | Clay Cation Exchange Capacity | | 35 cmol kg⁻¹ | | 6 cmol kg⁻¹ | 6 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Soil Cation Exchange Capacity | | 6 cmol kg⁻¹ | | 5 cmol kg⁻¹ | 6 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Base Saturation | | 26 % | | 60 % | 36 % | | Total Exchangeable Bases | | 1.6 cmol kg⁻¹ | | 3 cmol kg⁻¹ | 2.2 cmol kg⁻¹ | | Calcium Carbonate | | 0 % | | 0 % | 0 % | | Calcium Sulphate | | 0 % | | 0 % | 0 % | | Exchangeable Sodium | | 2 % | | 2 % | 2 % | | Electrical Conductivity | | 0 dS m-1 | | 0 dS m-1 | 0 dS m-1 |
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