During the hydrological season of 2020/21, the region with the biggest glacial mass loss worldwide was Western North America amounting to a negative balance of 1,708 millimeters of water equivalent or 1,708 kilograms of ice loss per square meter. Glaciers in this region are located in the Pacific Coast Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range, and in the Sierra Nevada.
Glacial mass balance worldwide for the hydrological year 2019/20 and 2020/2021, by region
(in millimeters water equivalent)
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