World Species : Protected Area : Tigrovaia Balka Zapovednik

Tigrovaia Balka Zapovednik

Location:	Tajikistan
IUCN Category:	Ia
Area:	146,860 acres (59,432 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	BSk (Climate: arid; Precipitation: steppe; Temperature: cold arid)

Ecoregions

Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert
Gissaro-Alai open woodlands

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B				C

Share	90 %	10 %	40 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Fluvisols	Gleyic Solonchaks	Haplic Arenosols	Luvic Calcisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Haplic Calcisols	Cumulic Anthrosols	Eutric Fluvisols	Mollic Gleysols	Gleyic Solonchaks
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Saline
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	6 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	35 %	36 %	89 %	54 %	44 %	43 %	44 %	44 %	36 %	36 %
Silt	47 %	43 %	6 %	24 %	33 %	32 %	37 %	33 %	30 %	34 %
Clay	18 %	21 %	5 %	22 %	23 %	25 %	19 %	23 %	34 %	30 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Sand	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.6 %	0.42 %	0.23 %	0.4 %	0.73 %	0.29 %	0.72 %	0.73 %	1.63 %	0.38 %
PH	8	8.1	6.1	8.1	7	8.1	8	7	6.4	8.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	65 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	60 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	72 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	91 %	100 %	91 %	100 %	100 %	91 %	81 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	13.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	12.7 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12.7 cmol kg⁻¹	16.2 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	11.7 %	9.5 %	0 %	19.3 %	0.8 %	5.4 %	8.4 %	0.8 %	0.1 %	9.3 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %	6.5 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	1.5 %	0.1 %	0 %	5.4 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	46 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	55 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.7 dS m-1	14.5 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	12.2 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	11 %	5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	37 %	37 %	90 %	47 %	46 %	43 %	47 %	46 %	37 %	38 %
Silt	45 %	39 %	5 %	24 %	31 %	30 %	34 %	31 %	27 %	31 %
Clay	18 %	24 %	5 %	29 %	23 %	27 %	19 %	23 %	36 %	31 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Sand	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.42 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	0.3 %	0.11 %	0.2 %	0.32 %	0.22 %	0.39 %	0.32 %	0.55 %	0.24 %
PH	8.1	8.1	6.1	8.3	7.3	8.2	8	7.3	6.8	8.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	84 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	98 %	100 %	94 %	100 %	100 %	94 %	89 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	18.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	12.2 %	12.3 %	0 %	25.4 %	1.8 %	12.4 %	8.9 %	1.8 %	0.4 %	11.8 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.3 %	4.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	1.5 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	54 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	61 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.5 dS m-1	2.8 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	4 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