Ras al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 1998
10 km²
Commune · ARE
Za'abeel Second
United Arab Emirates
BWhArid, desert, hot(100 %)
Area
11km²
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
108mm
Warmest m°
41,4°C
Coldest m°
14,8°C
Elevation: 3 m on average (min 1 m, max 5 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
27,7°C
Annual rain
108mm
Warmest month
41,4°C
Coldest month
14,8°C
Mean alt.
3m
Min
1m
Max
5m
Std. dev.
1m
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
8,0
Clay
22,3%
Sand
41,5%
Silt
36,3%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: suGLiMaggregated to Sector 3
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Clay
21,7%
Sand
42,3%
Silt
36,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
8,0
Clay
22,1%
Sand
41,8%
Silt
36,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
8,1
Clay
23,1%
Sand
40,3%
Silt
36,7%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest1.5%
Crops1.6%
Built-up6.6%
Bare soil29.1%
Other (grassland, water…)61.3%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology
Computing basins, lakes, rivers…
Human pressure
Pop. density
11hab/km²
Night light
113,1nW
Built-up
655,9%
Pesticides
0,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas2
IUCN IV · 1IUCN Not Reported · 1
Ras al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Area · 2007
10 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN