#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
struct node{
int x,y,sum,f;
}a[490008];
int n,m,cnt,ans,s[702][702];
int id[702][702];
bool vis[702][702];
int dxy[8][2]={{-1,0},{-1,1},{0,1},{1,1},{1,0},{1,-1},{0,-1},{-1,-1}};
bool cmp(node a,node b){
return a.sum>b.sum;
}
int main(){
cin>>n>>m;
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
for(int j=1;j<=m;j++){
cin>>s[i][j];
a[++cnt]={i,j,s[i][j],0};
}
sort(a+1,a+cnt+1,cmp);
id[1][1]=1;
for(int i=1;i<=cnt;i++)
id[a[i].x][a[i].y]=i;
queue<pair<int,int> > q;
for(int i=1;i<=cnt;i++){
if(a[i].f==0 and a[i].sum>0){
ans++;
q.push({a[i].x,a[i].y});
a[i].f=1;
while(!q.empty()){
pair<int,int> k=q.front();q.pop();
int x=k.first,y=k.second;
for(int j=0;j<8;j++){
int nx=x+dxy[j][0],ny=y+dxy[j][1];
if(nx<1 or ny<1 or nx>n or ny>m) continue;
if(s[nx][ny]==0) continue;
if(s[nx][ny]>s[x][y]) continue;
if(vis[nx][ny]==1) continue;
vis[nx][ny]=1;
a[id[nx][ny]].f=1;
q.push({nx,ny});
}
}
}
}
cout<<ans;
return 0;
}