Table 2 Debris-supply rate (DSR) and englacial debris content (EDC) by subregion.

Region	Study DSSs	Mean DSS area (km²)	Mean glacier area (km²)	Mean DSR (mm yr⁻¹)	+	−	Median DSR (mm yr⁻¹)	Mean EDC (%)	+	−	Median EDC (%)
Bhutan	129	6.55	6.95	0.12	0.26	0.05	0.014	0.03	0.07	0.01	0.005
Everest	346	7.74	8.89	0.08	0.22	0.04	0.031	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.009
Hindu Kush	335	9.99	7.65	0.07	0.12	0.03	0.019	0.12	0.15	0.06	0.013
Inner TP	223	3.56	6.34	0.05	0.09	0.02	0.001	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.002
Karakoram	681	7.42	9.67	0.07	0.15	0.03	0.023	0.07	0.12	0.03	0.012
Kunlun	181	6.95	12.35	0.09	0.15	0.04	0.017	0.13	0.2	0.07	0.037
Nyainqentangla	533	4.69	7.19	0.14	0.22	0.06	0.032	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.006
Pamir	184	5.14	4.28	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.004	0.04	0.09	0.02	0.006
Pamir Alai	87	8.31	6.75	0.07	0.13	0.03	0.031	0.08	0.2	0.04	0.019
Spiti Lahaul	578	7.88	6.73	0.06	0.15	0.03	0.016	0.03	0.07	0.01	0.006
Tien Shan	527	6.11	7.97	0.04	0.1	0.02	0.004	0.02	0.05	0.01	0.003
West Nepal	337	9.18	7.68	0.07	0.14	0.03	0.028	0.04	0.07	0.02	0.008
Total	4141	7	7.89	0.07	0.15	0.03	0.018	0.05	0.09	0.03	0.007

Mean and median debris-supply rate are weighted by debris-supply-slope area. Mean and median EDC are weighted by glacier volume. DSS is debris-supply slope. + and − are one-sigma uncertainties.

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