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Table 10.1
World distribution of permaf
rost and cryosols
Low-
elevation
permafrost
(10
3
km
2
)
Low-
elevation
cryosols
(10
3
km
2
)
Alpine
permafrost
(10
3
km
2
)
a
Total
permafrost
(10
3
km
2
)
b
Alpine
cryosols
(10
3
km
2
)
Total
cryosols
(10
3
km
2
)
Country
Mountains
References
Russia
Caucasus,
Urals, Altai,
Sayan-Stoblovoi
10,387
581
10,968
7,270
1,500
9,720
Jones et al. (
2010
) and
Marchenko (Personal
communication)
Canada
5,621
410
6,031
2,330
170
2,500
Smith and Veldhuis
(
2004
) and Tarnocai
and Bockheim (
2011
)
China
Himalayas, Tien
Shan, Karakoram,
Qilian
0
2,056
2,056
0
320
320
This study
USA
Brooks, Wrangell,
Rocky
775
357
1,132
603
190
793
Soil Survey Staff
(
1999
)
Mongolia
Altai
0
530
530
0
64
64
Maximovich (
2004
)
Greenland
297
0
297
250
0
250
Jones et al. (2010)
Iceland
2
8
10
0
2
2
Jones et al., (2010)
Svalbard
5
19
24
6
18
24
Jones et al. (2010)
Norway
0
84
84
0
0
0
Jones et al. (2010)
Sweden
0
59
59
0
0
0
Jones et al. (2010)
Finland
0
34
34
0
0
0
Jones et al. (2010)
Kyrgystan
Tien Shan
0
72
72
0
11
11
India
Himalayas,
Karakoram
0
58
58
0
6
6
Tajikistan
Pamirs
0
54
54
0
8
8
Pakistan
Himalayas,
Karakoram, Hindu
Kush
0
40
40
0
5
5
