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| Landforms | Exposure Scale |
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| 1 Glaciofluvial and other fluvial terraces | 1.0 Protected from winds |
| 2 Floodplains | 2.0 Moderate exposure to winds |
| 3 Talus slope | 3.0 Exposed to winds |
| 4 Colluvial basin | 4.0 Very exposed to winds |
| 5 Drained lakes and flat lake margins | |
| 6 Lake or pond | Site Moisture (modified from Komárková 1983) |
| 7 Hills (including kames and moraines) | |
| 8 Disturbed | 1.0 Extremely xeric - almost no moisture; no plant growth |
| | 2.0 Very xeric - very little moisture; dry sand dunes |
| Surficial Geology | 3.0 Xeric - little moisture; stabilized sand dunes, dry ridge tops |
| | 4.0 Subxeric - noticeable moisture; well-drained slopes, ridges |
| 1 Glacial till | 5.0 Subxeric to mesic - very noticeable moisture; flat to gently sloping |
| 2 Glaciofluvial deposit | 6.0 Mesic-moderate moisture; flat or shallow depressions |
| 3 Active alluvium | 7.0 Mesic to subhygric - considerable moisture; depressions |
| 4 Stabilized alluvium | 8.0 Subhygric - very considerable moisture; saturated but with < 5 % standing water < 10 cm deep |
| 5 Stream | 9.0 Hygric - much moisture; up to 100% of surface under water 10 to 50 cm deep; lake margins, shallow ponds, streams |
| 6 Undifferentiated hill slope colluvium | 10.0 Hydric - very much moisture; 100% of surface under water 50 to 150 cm deep; lakes, streams |
| 7 Basin colluvium and organic deposits | |
| 8 Drained lake or lacustrine deposits | Animal and Human Disturbance |
| 9 Lake or pond | |
| 10 Roads and gravel pads | 0.0 No sign present |
| | 1.0 Some sign present; no disturbance |
| Glacial Geology | 2.0 Minor disturbance or extensive sign |
| | 3.0 Moderate disturbance; small dens or light grazing |
| 1 Itkillik I till | 4.0 Major disturbance; multiple dens or noticeable trampling |
| 2 Itkillik II till | 5.0 Very major disturbance; very extensive tunneling or large pit |
| 3 Itkillik I outwash | |
| 4 Itkillik II outwash | Stability |
| 5 Bedrock | |
| | 1.0 Stable |
| Surficial Geomorphology | 2.0 Subject to occasional disturbance |
| | 3.0 Subject to prolonged but slow disturbance such as solifluction |
| 1 Frost scars | 4.0 Annually disturbed |
| 2 Wetland hummocks | 5.0 Disturbed more than once annually |
| 3 Turf hummocks | |
| 4 Gelifluction features | Soil Units |
| 5 Strangmoor or aligned hummocks | |
| 6 High centered polygons or flat centered polygons | 1 Pergelic Cryorthent, acid |
| 7 Sorted and non-sorted stripes | 2 Perge1ic Cryohemist, euic |
| 8 Palsas | 3 Pergelic Cryosaprist, euic |
| 9 Thermokarst pits | 4 Lithic Pergelic Cryosaprist |
| 10 Featureless or with < 20% frost scars | 5 Pergelic Cryofibrist, euic |
| 11 Well-developed hillslope water tracks and small streams > 50 cm deep | 6 Histic Pergelic Cryaquept, acid |
| 12 Poorly developed hill slope water tracks, < 50 cm deep | 7 Histic Pergelic Cryaquept, nonacid |
| 13 Gently rolling or irregular microrelief | 8 Pergelic Cryaquept, acid |
| 14 Stoney surface | 9 Pergelic Cryaquept, nonacid |
| 15 Lakes and ponds | 10 Pergelic Cryochrept |
| 16 Disturbed | 11 Pergelic Cryumbrept |
| 17 Blockfield | 12 Ruptic-Lithic Cryumbrept |
| | 13 Pergelic Cryaquoll |
| Microsites | 14 Histic Pergelic Cryaquoll |
| | 15 Pergelic Cryoboroll |
| 1 Frost-scar element | |
| 2 Inter-frost scar element | Soil Moisture (from Komárková 1983) |
| 3 Strang or hummock | |
| 4 Flark or interstrang area | 1.0 Very dry - very little moisture; soil does not stick together |
| 5 Polygon center | 2.0 Dry - little moisture; soil somewhat sticks together |
| 6 Polygon trough | 3.0 Damp - noticeable moisture; soil sticks together but crumbles |
| 7 Stripe element | 4.0 Damp to moist - very noticeable moisture; soil clumps |
| 8 Inter-stripe element | 5.0 Moist - moderate moisture; soil binds but can be broken apart |
| 9 Animal den | 6.0 Moist to wet - considerable moisture; soil binds and sticks to fingers |
| 10 Blockfield | 7.0 Wet - very considerable moisture; drops of water can be squeezed out of soil |
| | 8.0 Very wet - much moisture can be squeezed out of soil |
| Topographic Position | 9.0 Saturated - very much moisture; water drips out of soil |
| | 10.0 Very saturated - extreme moisture; soil is more liquid than solid |
| 1 Hill crest or shoulder | |
| 2 Side slope | |
| 3 Footslope or toeslope | |
| 4 Flat | |
| 5 Drainage channel | |
| 6 Depression | |
| 7 Lake or pond | |
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| Estimated snow duration | |
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| 1.0 Snow free all year | |
| 2.0 Snow free most of winter; some snow cover persists after storm but is blown free soon afterward | |
| 3.0 Snow free prior to melt out but with snow most of winter | |
| 4.0 Snow free immediately after melt out | |
| 5.0 Snow bank persists 1-2 weeks after melt out | |
| 6.0 Snow bank persists 3-4 weeks after melt out | |
| 7.0 Snow bank persists 4-8 weeks after melt out | |
| 8.0 Snow bank persists 8-12 weeks after melt out | |
| 9.0 Very short snow free period | |
| 10.0 Deep snow all year | |
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