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Manicouagan Reservoir (also Lake Manicouagan) is a lake in central Quebec, Canada. Due to its distinctive ring shape, it is sometimes called “The Eye of Quebec". Manicouagan Reservoir, which covers an area of 1,942 km², has this annular shape because it lies within the remnants of an ancient eroded impact crater (astrobleme). The crater was formed following the impact of an asteriod, whose diameter was 5 kilometres (3 miles). This asteriod excavated a crater originally about 100 km (62 mi) wide, although erosion and deposition of sediments have since reduced the visible diameter to about 72 km (45 mi). It is the fifth largest confirmed impact crater known on earth.

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Route 389 crossing the Rivière Hart Jaune, Québec Eckart Dege	Ancient boreal virgin forest Christian Besnier	sunset on lake Laure Christian Besnier	Under boreal virgin old growth forest Christian Besnier
Route 389 crossing the Rivière Hart Jaune, Québec Eckart Dege	Ancient boreal virgin forest Christian Besnier	sunset on lake Laure Christian Besnier	Under boreal virgin old growth forest Christian Besnier
Timber wood of clear cutting virgin boreal forest after a fire Christian Besnier	Lac Manicouagan Québec Olivier Pulinckx	different stade of decomposition in boreal virgin old growth forest Christian Besnier	Horizon on the begining of clearing the boreal virgin forest Christian Besnier
Timber wood of clear cutting virgin boreal forest after a fire Christian Besnier	Lac Manicouagan Québec Olivier Pulinckx	different stade of decomposition in boreal virgin old growth forest Christian Besnier	Horizon on the begining of clearing the boreal virgin forest Christian Besnier
multi-fontional timber machine at sleep Christian Besnier	Fire in clear cutting stop at the virgin forest Christian Besnier	black spruce cover in boreal virgin old growth forest Christian Besnier	Tourbiere_Mille_une_orchidees Christian Besnier
multi-fontional timber machine at sleep Christian Besnier	Fire in clear cutting stop at the virgin forest Christian Besnier	black spruce cover in boreal virgin old growth forest Christian Besnier	Tourbiere_Mille_une_orchidees Christian Besnier

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