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Does the Sea level drop when water is stored in expanding ice sheets and continental glaciers?
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∙ 6y ago
Yes. Ice building up on land (glaciers, Greenland, Antarctica) means that there is much less in the oceans, so sea levels fall.
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Water near the poles would most likely be stored as?
Glaciers.
How much water is stored in polar ice caps glaciers and permanent snow?
1.7 percent
How is water stored on earth?
reservoirs aquifers glaciers ice-caps streams plants animals
Where is most of Earth's fresh water?
Most of Earth's water is stored in the glaciers. According to USGS, around 69% of the Earth's fresh water is located in glaciers and icecaps which are mostly located in Antarctica and Greenland. Another 30% of the fresh water is ground water. Only around .9% of Earth's fresh water is on the surface. For more information, check the link below.
What is the most of earths water supply made up of?
Salt Water People Filter It To Make Drinkabe Water
Fresh water is stored in the rainforest?
No it is stored in glaciers.
Where is the majority of the Earth's freshwater stored?
The majority of earth's freshwater (about 70% of it) is stored in glaciers and ice caps, mainly found in Antarctica and Greenland. The rest of earth's freshwater is found in lakes, streams, rivers, etc.
Where would you expect to find water stored in a solid?
glaciers
Where you expect to find water stored in a solid form?
glaciers
What proportion of the worlds fresh water is stored in glaciers?
65
Water near the poles would most likely be stored as?
Glaciers.
Where is most of the water on Earth stored?
The oceans, but to be exact the Pacific Ocean. ( I think.)
Is fresh water stored in a glacier or in the atmosphere?
probably glaciers I'm not sure
Most of Earth's water is stored?
70% of the Earth's freshwater can be found in ice caps and glaciers.
How much water is stored in polar ice caps glaciers and permanent snow?
1.7 percent
Where is most of water stored?
Most water is stored in the oceans. However, the most freshwater is stored in glaciers. To the person whose answer I'm editing, a reservoir is anything that holds water, so of course that's where water's stored.
Where is most of earths water stored?
Most water is stored in the oceans. However, the most freshwater is stored in glaciers. To the person whose answer I'm editing, a reservoir is anything that holds water, so of course that's where water's stored.
