Regional glacier areas and counts in RGI 6.0 and RGI 7.0

The table below summarizes the glacier area and count of each first-order region and their differences (in %) between RGI 6.0 and RGI 7.0 (small differences in area or number do not necessarily mean no changes in quality; see each region’s documentation for details):

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	Area RGI 6.0 (km²)	Area RGI 7.0 (km²)	Area Diff. (%)	Count RGI 6.0	Count RGI 7.0	Count Diff. (%)
01: Alaska	86725	86708	0.0	27108	27509	1.5
02: Western Canada and USA	14524	14521	0.0	18855	18730	-0.7
03: Arctic Canada North	105111	105370	0.2	4556	5216	14.5
04: Arctic Canada South	40888	40538	-0.9	7415	11009	48.5
05: Greenland Periphery	89717	90482	0.9	19306	19994	3.6
06: Iceland	11060	11060	0.0	568	568	0.0
07: Svalbard and Jan Mayen	33959	33959	0.0	1615	1666	3.2
08: Scandinavia	2949	2948	0.0	3417	3410	-0.2
09: Russian Arctic	51592	51595	0.0	1069	1069	0.0
10: North Asia	2410	2643	9.6	5151	7155	38.9
11: Central Europe	2092	2124	1.5	3927	4079	3.9
12: Caucasus and Middle East	1307	1407	7.6	1888	2275	20.5
13: Central Asia	49303	50344	2.1	54429	75613	38.9
14: South Asia West	33568	33075	-1.5	27988	37562	34.2
15: South Asia East	14734	16049	8.9	13119	18587	41.7
16: Low Latitudes	2341	1929	-17.6	2939	3695	25.7
17: Southern Andes	29429	27674	-6.0	15908	30634	92.6
18: New Zealand	1162	886	-23.7	3537	3018	-14.7
19: Subantarctic and Antarctic Islands	132867	133432	0.4	2752	2742	-0.4
20: Antarctic Mainland	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Global	705739	706744	0.1	215547	274531	27.4