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How much of earth's freshwater is locked iup in glaciers and ice caps?
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Where is most of Earths freshwater found?
Glaciers and polar ice caps.
What is most of the earths fresh water locked up in?
Glaciers. Or frozen ice caps.
Where is most earth's freshwater located?
Rainfall is where it is from. Ice caps and glaciers is where most of it is found, followed by groundwater.
Where is most freshwater?
Near the poles, in glaciers, ice-caps.
WHERE IS most earth freshwater found?
Glaciers and polar ice caps.
What is 70 percent of Earth's freshwater?
In a way, 72% of Earth approx. is covered in water. Only 3% is freshwater. So only 4% of earth is freshwater. 2/3 of that 3% is locked in ice caps. So 2.7% of earths water is frozen. Only .75% of Earths water is in rivers. That is hardly 1% of space on Earth. The rest is frozen in Glaciers, which is .25%. Only .03% of Earth is made up of Glacial ice.
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 is the greatest amount of freshwater found?
Ice caps and glaciers.
What percentage of earths water is stored in ice and snow?
Approximately 69% of Earth's freshwater is stored in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow.
Most of Earth's water is stored?
70% of the Earth's freshwater can be found in ice caps and glaciers.
Where is 2 percent of earths water?
It is in frozen form - as the polar ice caps and glaciers.
WHY IS MOST of the earths freshwater is NOT AVAILIBLE for human use?
because its in the polar ice caps
