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. |