St. Catherine
IUCN VProtected Landscape · 1996
4 713 km²
Subdivision · EGY
Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt
BWhArid, desert, hot(96 %)
Area
2 533,1km²
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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
14mm
Warmest m°
35,7°C
Coldest m°
8,7°C
Elevation: 527 m on average (min -918 m, max 2 001 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
23,4°C
Annual rain
14mm
Warmest month
35,7°C
Coldest month
8,7°C
Mean alt.
527m
Min
-918m
Max
2 001m
Std. dev.
441m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BWhArid, desert, hot(96 %)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
9,9g/kg
Clay
24,0%
Sand
44,4%
Silt
31,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
13,0g/kg
Clay
24,5%
Sand
44,1%
Silt
31,4%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
7,7g/kg
Clay
23,5%
Sand
44,7%
Silt
31,8%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
7,9
Org. C
9,0g/kg
Clay
24,1%
Sand
44,5%
Silt
31,4%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest0.1%
Crops0.0%
Built-up0.4%
Bare soil94.4%
Other (grassland, water…)5.1%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology
Computing basins, lakes, rivers…
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
2,5nW
Built-up
37,1%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas3
IUCN V · 1IUCN II · 1IUCN VI · 1🌊 Marine · 2
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN