Table 1.9Glacier area and volume, North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan river basins
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| Total glacier area | Total glacier volume | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1998 | Percentage change | 1976 | 1998 | Percentage change | |
| km 2 | percent | km 3 | percent | |||
| North Saskatchewan 1 | 393 | 306 | -22 | 25.87 | 21.54 | -17 |
| South Saskatchewan | 138 | 88.4 | -36 | 5.21 | 3.24 | -38 |
Not including Brazeau.
Source(s):
Demuth, M.N., V. Pinard, A. Pietroniro, B.H. Luckman, C. Hopkinson,
P. Dornes and L. Comeau, 2008. Recent and past-century variations in
the glacier resources of the Canadian Rocky Mountains – Nelson River
System. Terra Glacialis 11 (248): 27-52.
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