Sites/locations

GPS coordinates

Vegetation

Climate

Temperature (˚C)

Rainfall (mm/year)

Soil type

Ferké

5˚23'43.39644"W;

9˚36'1.87056"N

Grassy and little wooded savannah

Dry tropical

27 - 40

263 - 1200

Ferralitics soil (Ferrisols, Cambisols, Fluvisols, Luvisols), highly to moderately desaturated.

Korhogo

5˚36'12.39612"W;

9˚33'24.68988"N

Open forest (wooded savannah)

Dry tropical

26.6 - 35.7

817 - 1216

Ferruginous (90%) and Ferralitic (10%): superficial gravelly soil, deep gravel with a heavy texture, low in organic matter, highly desaturated.

Niakara

5˚18'40.73544"W;

8˚40'47.97912"N

Wooded and grassy savannah

Dry tropical

24.7 - 38

800 - 1230

Complex of slightly desaturated ferrallitic soils and eutrophic brown tropical soils derived from basic rocks.

Katiola

5˚7'35.814"W;

8˚13'53.94"N

Wooded and grassy savannah

Dry tropical

24 - 36

1100 - 1200

Moderately and highly desaturated ferrallitic soils

Bouaké

5˚5'47.3289"W;

7˚40'45.335"N

Clear forest (wooded savannah)

Wet tropical

23.6 - 34

1100 - 1200

Gravelly, moderately saturated, reworked, shallow ferralitic gravel from a granitic alteration material with a sandy-clay texture.

Toumodi

5˚1'34.95576"W;

6˚22'42.67848"N

Open forest (wooded savannah. grassland and gallery forests)

Wet tropical

26.6 - 30

1092 - 1200

Ferralitic soil on granitic bedrock (sandy-clayey soil), characterised by the weak differentiation and friable consistency of their horizons.

Daloa

6˚26'9.19788"W;

6˚54'32.058"N

Tropical rainforest

Wet tropical

21 - 34

1000 - 1900

Ferralitic, deep, acidic and desaturated in exchangeable bases, rich in organic matter.