Samaria National Park - Greece

Basic Information
Site Name
Samaria National Park
Short name
Samaria
Country
Greece
Web Address
http://www.samaria.gr
Site Manager
Dimitris Poursanidis
Site Description
Samaria (White Mountains) National Park is located on the West part of island of Crete and was declared as a National Park via a Royal Decree in 1962. It is a muli-designated area and specifically a National Park, Landscape of Outstanding Beauty, Natura 2000 site coded GR 4340008 and GR4340014 and Biosphere Reserve in the framework of the “Man and Biosphere” Programme of UNESCO. It has been awarded with the European Diploma of Protected Areas of the Council of Europe. Also a hotspot for biodiversity and a place with a strong and important anthropogenic environment (history, special songs, traditions, etc.). It contains one of the largest gorges in the Balkans, Samaria Gorge, with a total length of 13 km while nine main gorges are ...
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2021-12-15 12:12:39

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1962
Observed properties
landscape parametersoil parameterlandcoverlanduselandscapeconnectivitylandscapefragmentationsoilalbedo
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Projects
EcoPotential (H2020)
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
Marker
10 km
5 mi
View in site map
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 35.2894858 Longitude: 23.9214661

Size
ca. 58454.00ha
Elevation (average)
1860.00msl
Elevation (min)
-50.00msl
Elevation (max)
2454.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Alpine
Coastal
Forest
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Mixed Forest
Lakes
Small lakes
Biogeographical Region
Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Coastal habitats (B) » Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral (B3)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Buildings of cities, towns and villages (J1)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Transport networks and other constructed hard-surfaced areas (J4)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation) (F7)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub (F3)
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface standing waters (C1)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface standing waters (C1) » Temporary lakes, ponds and pools (C1.6)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops (H3)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Miscellaneous inland habitats with very sparse or no vegetation (H5)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies (H1)
Marine habitats (A)
Marine habitats (A) » Circalittoral rock and other hard substrata (A4)
Marine habitats (A) » Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata (A3)
Marine habitats (A) » Littoral rock and other hard substrata (A1)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Cultivated areas of gardens and parks (I2)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
26.00°C
Precipitation Annual
900.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
sub-catchment within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Radio transmission system (repeaters. receivers. centralstation)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Radio transmission system (repeaters, receivers, centralstation)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » Less than 1 kW
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » All over site/catchment
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » 1 - 5 beds
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
11 dataset(s) in total:
Agios Ioannis Weather Station
Arthropoda monitoring in Samaria National Park
Askyfoy Weather Station
Bird monitoring in Samaria National Park
Floristic monitoring in Samaria National Park
Geodiversity map of Samaria/White Mountains National Park
Habitat monitoring in Samaria National Park
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.