Water Indicators
| Water | ||||
| Water quantity | ||||
| Surface | ||||
| Surface (lotic) |
Total volume of flowing water in the region, considering inflows (from rivers originating outside the region, and precipitation) minus outflows (from rivers flowing out of the region, evapotranspiration, and land use withdrawals). | |||
| Ground (aquifer) | ||||
| Shallow aquifer |
The total volume of shallow aquifer water in the region, based on estimates of initial volume and considering recharge rates and industrial withdrawals | |||
| Medium aquifer |
The total volume of medium aquifer water in the region, based on estimates of initial volume and considering recharge rates and industrial withdrawals | |||
| Landscape Nutrient Runoff Loading | ||||
| Nitrogen load rate |
The nitrogen load rate is calculated as the grams of nitrogen runoff from the terrestrial landscape each year per net cubic metre of water in the lotic system. Nitrogen loading of lotic systems can detrimentally affect water quality. | |||
| Phosphorus load rate |
The phosphorus load rate is calculated as the grams of phosphorus runoff from the terrestrial landscape each year per net cubic metre of water in the lotic system. Nitrogen loading of lotic systems can detrimentally affect water quality. | |||
| Sediment load rate |
The sediment load rate is calculated as the grams of sediment runoff from the terrestrial landscape each year per net cubic metre of water in the lotic system. Sediment loading of lotic systems can detrimentally affect water quality. | |||
| Aquatic habitat | ||||
| Wetlands |
Calculated from the total area of wetland cover types, including open black spruce fen shrub swamp, black spruce lichen moss, open fen, and bog. | |||
| Lotic |
Calculated from the total area of lotic cover types including small and large lotic. | |||
| Lentic |
Calculated from the total area of lentic cover types including lentic and endpit lake | |||