Petrified Forest
IUCN IaStrict Nature Reserve · 1989
6 km²
Subdivision · EGY
New Cairo 1
Egypt
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)
Area
171km²
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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
25mm
Warmest m°
34,2°C
Coldest m°
6,9°C
Elevation: 322 m on average (min 190 m, max 428 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
20,4°C
Annual rain
25mm
Warmest month
34,2°C
Coldest month
6,9°C
Mean alt.
322m
Min
190m
Max
428m
Std. dev.
53m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
3,3g/kg
Clay
32,4%
Sand
41,0%
Silt
26,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: vbGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Org. C
4,0g/kg
Clay
32,8%
Sand
40,8%
Silt
26,5%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
3,5g/kg
Clay
32,0%
Sand
41,2%
Silt
26,8%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
2,6g/kg
Clay
32,5%
Sand
40,9%
Silt
26,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest0.5%
Crops0.1%
Built-up10.7%
Bare soil63.2%
Other (grassland, water…)25.5%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology
Computing basins, lakes, rivers…
Human pressure
Pop. density
2hab/km²
Night light
56,4nW
Built-up
1 067,0%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN Ia · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN