World Species : Protected Area : Dinder National Park

Dinder National Park

Location:	Sudan
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	2,088,300 acres (845,105 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	BSh (Climate: arid; Precipitation: steppe; Temperature: hot arid)

Ecoregions

East Sudanian savanna
Sahelian Acacia savanna

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A	B		C		D	E				F				G				H		I		J

Share		90 %	10 %	90 %	10 %		55 %	25 %	15 %	5 %	70 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	90 %	10 %	60 %	40 %	80 %	20 %
Soil Type	Eutric Vertisols	Eutric Vertisols	Humic Nitisols	Eutric Vertisols	Humic Nitisols	Eutric Vertisols	Eutric Vertisols	Eutric Vertisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Eutric Vertisols	Eutric Vertisols	Eutric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Vertic Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Vertisols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Vertisols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Alisols	Humic Nitisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Imperfectly	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	125 m	125 m	150 m	125 m	150 m	125 m	125 m	125 m	150 m	150 m	125 m	125 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	125 m	15 mm	125 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Misc. Property	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)		Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)		Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)			Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)			Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)		Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)		Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	32 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	32 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	21 %	21 %	24 %	21 %	24 %	21 %	21 %	21 %	44 %	51 %	21 %	21 %	45 %	43 %	30 %	45 %	21 %	43 %	21 %	54 %	51 %	24 %	44 %	43 %
Silt	25 %	25 %	27 %	25 %	27 %	25 %	25 %	25 %	33 %	22 %	25 %	25 %	31 %	29 %	28 %	31 %	25 %	29 %	25 %	25 %	27 %	27 %	33 %	33 %
Clay	54 %	54 %	49 %	54 %	49 %	54 %	54 %	54 %	23 %	27 %	54 %	54 %	24 %	28 %	42 %	24 %	54 %	28 %	54 %	21 %	22 %	49 %	23 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.22 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.07 %	1.07 %	2.45 %	1.07 %	2.45 %	1.07 %	1.07 %	1.07 %	0.73 %	0.63 %	1.07 %	1.07 %	0.87 %	0.39 %	0.78 %	0.87 %	1.07 %	0.39 %	1.07 %	0.6 %	0.93 %	2.45 %	0.73 %	0.7 %
PH	6.9	6.9	5.3	6.9	5.3	6.9	6.9	6.9	7	6.4	6.9	6.9	6.6	7.5	6.9	6.6	6.9	7.5	6.9	6.5	5.1	5.3	7	7.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	68 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	27 %	100 %	27 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	91 %	85 %	100 %	100 %	91 %	100 %	92 %	91 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	89 %	45 %	27 %	91 %	94 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	12.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8.5 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	13.7 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	24.8 cmol kg⁻¹	13.7 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	9.8 cmol kg⁻¹	4.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	12.7 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.4 %	0.4 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.8 %	0 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.3 %	3.1 %	0.8 %	0.3 %	0.4 %	3.1 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.8 %	3.7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %		1 %	1 %	1 %		1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	20 %	20 %	18 %	20 %	18 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	46 %	45 %	20 %	20 %	43 %		25 %	43 %	20 %		20 %	49 %	46 %	18 %	46 %	44 %
Silt	24 %	24 %	21 %	24 %	21 %	24 %	24 %	24 %	31 %	21 %	24 %	24 %	30 %		28 %	30 %	24 %		24 %	24 %	24 %	21 %	31 %	32 %
Clay	56 %	56 %	61 %	56 %	61 %	56 %	56 %	56 %	23 %	34 %	56 %	56 %	27 %		47 %	27 %	56 %		56 %	27 %	30 %	61 %	23 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Clay	Clay (heavy)	Clay	Clay (heavy)	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay loam		Clay	Clay loam	Clay		Clay	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay (heavy)	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.21 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.25 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³		1.21 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.58 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³		1.58 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.56 %	0.56 %	0.96 %	0.56 %	0.96 %	0.56 %	0.56 %	0.56 %	0.32 %	0.35 %	0.56 %	0.56 %	0.34 %		0.41 %	0.34 %	0.56 %		0.56 %	0.26 %	0.33 %	0.96 %	0.32 %	0.36 %
PH	7.5	7.5	5.4	7.5	5.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.3	6.5	7.5	7.5	7		7.4	7	7.5		7.5	6.7	5	5.4	7.3	7.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	70 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹		56 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹		70 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		28 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹		41 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	29 %	100 %	29 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	94 %	84 %	100 %	100 %	94 %		99 %	94 %	100 %		100 %	91 %	30 %	29 %	94 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	5.8 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	5.8 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	10.1 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	14.1 cmol kg⁻¹		27.7 cmol kg⁻¹	14.1 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹		41 cmol kg⁻¹	11.8 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.8 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	1.4 %	1.4 %	0 %	1.4 %	0 %	1.4 %	1.4 %	1.4 %	1.8 %	0.1 %	1.4 %	1.4 %	0.4 %		2 %	0.4 %	1.4 %		1.4 %	0.3 %	0 %	0 %	1.8 %	4.2 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %		0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %		0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %		2 %	2 %	2 %		2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1		0.3 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1		0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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