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Basic Parameters for Site A
(current Jan. 27,2002, data subject to change as observations are added)

Centre Point (UTM):    561000E,4889500N      80°15'W,44°9.3'N

Elevation:    538 M (highest point)
                    483 M  (lowest point at culvert monitoring station)

Area:    8.89 Km2       (subject to refining of the watershed divide)

Road allowance:    Length:    10.9 Km
                                Surface area:    0.22 Km2

Flowing streams:    1
Flowing stream length:    2 Km

On stream Ponds:    3     1.3Ha
Off stream ponds:    1     0.9 Ha

Precipitation (approx. annual mean):   1400 mm
Total water equivalent annual precipitation:     12,446,000 M3
Max. possible avg. flow:    0.4 M sec-1
Observed flow:
                            Max.    (To be observed beginning 2002)
                            Min.                                "
                            Avg.                                "
Loss factor:    (difference between max. possible flow and observed)
Temperature:      Max.    20.3°C      (2001)
    (stream)          Min.     0.8°C       (2000)
                            Avg.    10.1°C      (for 2000 + 2001)

Surface vegetation
    Trees
        Natural growth:    Hardwood:    54.8 Ha
                                      Cedar             15.8 Ha
            Species: (6)    White cedar; Beech; Slippery Elm; Sugar maple;
                                   Eastern Hemlock; White birch
        Plantation:          27.5 Ha
            Species: (3)     White spruce;White cedar; Red Pine

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   Fields (area)

    Pasture:
    Cultivated:
    Abandoned:

    Total vegetation species: (observed to date)

Animal species
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    Mammals:
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