Empty Quarter Desert Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve · 2023
25 024 km²
Province · OMN
Thumrait
Oman
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)
Area
45 933,8km²
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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
42mm
Warmest m°
41,4°C
Coldest m°
11,9°C
Elevation: 347 m on average (min 155 m, max 727 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
27,7°C
Annual rain
42mm
Warmest month
41,4°C
Coldest month
11,9°C
Mean alt.
347m
Min
155m
Max
727m
Std. dev.
116m
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
8,2
Org. C
5,0g/kg
Clay
15,3%
Sand
55,6%
Silt
29,0%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: smGLiM
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
8,2
Org. C
5,6g/kg
Clay
15,4%
Sand
55,2%
Silt
29,4%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
8,2
Org. C
4,9g/kg
Clay
14,9%
Sand
55,9%
Silt
29,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
8,2
Org. C
4,4g/kg
Clay
15,6%
Sand
55,8%
Silt
28,5%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest0.8%
Crops0.3%
Built-up0.0%
Bare soil96.1%
Other (grassland, water…)2.8%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology
Computing basins, lakes, rivers…
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,2nW
Built-up
1,1%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas3
IUCN VI · 3
Najd Nature Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve · 2025
21 311 km²
Eastern Najed Reserve
IUCN VINature Reserve · 2023
1 652 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN