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Fresh water in frozen glaciers and ice caps makes up what percentage of the total amount of fresh water on earth?
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about 66%
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What is most of the earths fresh water locked up in?
Glaciers. Or frozen ice caps.
Do glaciers contain saltwater?
Glaciers are formed from the compaction of snow, therefore they are strictly a fresh water formation.
Where is most of the freshwater on earth located?
In glaciers. There is more frozen fresh water than in all the lakes and streams. Glacial melting also causes the desalination of the ocean, which is a bad thing. so we want the fresh water to stay in the glaciers
What is more than half of earths fresh water supply difficult to use?
It is frozen into polar ice caps and glaciers.
Where is most of earth freshwater located?
In glaciers. There is more frozen fresh water than in all the lakes and streams. Glacial melting also causes the desalination of the ocean, which is a bad thing. so we want the fresh water to stay in the glaciers
What portion of the fresh water is frozen into ice?
Only 2 percent of fresh water is frozen in glaciers.
WhWhat percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?
About 3% and only 1% is able to be drank. The rest is frozen in ice caps and glaciers.
In what form is the majority of the world's fresh water?
Frozen. In glaciers and icecaps.
What percent of earth's fresh water is trapped in frozen icecaps and glaciers?
2%
What percentage of earths water is available for human consumption?
only about 3 % is fresh water and less than 1 percent of that is available the rest is frozen in glaciers etc
What is most of the earths fresh water locked up in?
Glaciers. Or frozen ice caps.
What is the percentage of the fresh water in the world?
Of total water available in earth, 2.59% of water is fresh and in that 2% of water is frozen as glaciers in the poles. Ground water constitutes around 0.592% and about 0.014% is present in lakes, ponds, etc.
Why does glaciers and polar ice caps have greatest amount of fresh water?
Cause Of Snow Marins And Glaciers
Do glaciers contain saltwater?
Glaciers are formed from the compaction of snow, therefore they are strictly a fresh water formation.
Where is most of the freshwater on earth located?
In glaciers. There is more frozen fresh water than in all the lakes and streams. Glacial melting also causes the desalination of the ocean, which is a bad thing. so we want the fresh water to stay in the glaciers
What percent of the earths fresh water is frozen poles?
Only about 1.7% of the world's total water is trapped in glaciers and ice caps, but about 68.7% of fresh water on Earth is frozen in them.
What is more than half of earths fresh water supply difficult to use?
It is frozen into polar ice caps and glaciers.
