swp thames characterization report maps
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Map created by UTRCA, August 2007.Base mapping produced under license with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. © 2007.Forest information is based on information taken from the 1994 National Topographic System map sheets Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada with permission of Natural Resources Canada.
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Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake St. Clair
Lake ErieLegend
Municipal BoundariesThames Watershed & RegionSource Protection Region
Map Notes
MICHIGAN
LegendThames Watershed & RegionMunicipal BoundariesLTVCA SubwatershedsWoodland Cover
% Subwatershed Covered by Woodland< 55.1 - 11.811.9 - 18.718.8 - 25.6> 25.6
²0 6 12 18 243
kmGeorgian Bay
Lake Simcoe
Document Reference2.4.3 Woodland/Forest
The Thames Watershed & Regionlies within the transition zone ofthe Carolinian Life Zone orSouthern Mixed Deciduous Forestto the south, and the Lower GreatLakes - St. Lawrence Forest to thenorth.The diversity of plant species isextremely high. Common foresttrees include sugar maple,American beech, red oak,basswood and white ash. Lesscommon, southerly speciesinclude black walnut, butternut,black cherry and sycamore.This map illustrates thedistribution of woodlots across theLower Thames ValleyConservation Authority watershedand the percent forest cover bysubwatershed.The subwatersheds are colour-coded according to the range ofpercent forest cover they possess.The ranges (e.g. percentbreakdown) were taken fromWatershed Reporting: ImprovingPublic Access to Information(Conservation Ontario et al.2003).The area of forest cover wasdivided by the area of thesubwatershed to determinepercent forest cover.
Lake Erie
Lake St. Clair
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Thames-Sydenhamand Region
Watercourse InformationDue to the complexity of theThames River watershedwatercourse network, only 3rdorder and greater watercoursesare shown.Watershed BoundariesWatershed boundaries shown arenot precisely defined. Theboundaries were originallycreated using watercourse andelevation information from1:50,000 N.T.S. mapping.
Watershed Characterization ReportThames Watershed & Region
(Upper Thames River & Lower Thames Valley Source Protection Areas)
Map 25bPercent Woodland Cover
(LTVCA)