Karonga North Escarpment
IUCN VIForest Reserve · 2002
79 km²
Commune · MWI
n.a. (54)
Malawi
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)
Area
34,4km²
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Species present
Computing species observations from GBIF…
Climate
Mean T°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 367mm
Warmest m°
29,8°C
Coldest m°
17,0°C
Elevation: 545 m on average (min 475 m, max 750 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 367mm
Warmest month
29,8°C
Coldest month
17,0°C
Mean alt.
545m
Min
475m
Max
750m
Std. dev.
76m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(100 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
11,8g/kg
Clay
28,6%
Sand
59,9%
Silt
11,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiMaggregated to TA Kyungu
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
15,0g/kg
Clay
27,4%
Sand
60,8%
Silt
11,8%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
10,9g/kg
Clay
27,6%
Sand
60,6%
Silt
11,7%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,8
Org. C
9,4g/kg
Clay
30,7%
Sand
58,3%
Silt
11,0%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest13.7%
Crops37.6%
Built-up1.5%
Bare soil2.6%
Other (grassland, water…)44.6%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology
Computing basins, lakes, rivers…
Human pressure
Pop. density
2hab/km²
Built-up
148,4%
Pesticides
6,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN VI · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN