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How much of the earths water is fresh water and how much is for drinking?
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∙ 14y ago
3% is fresh, but 1% is for drinking.
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How much of all fresh water on Earth can be used by people and other land organisms?
The amount of Earth's water that is usable as a freshwater resources can vary. There is a very large percentage of freshwater available, but much of it is unobtainable.
How much usable fresh water is there on Earth?
Around 8 to 10 million cubic miles of Earth's water is considered fresh water, of which some 6 to 7 million cubic miles (more than two-thirds) is frozen in glaciers and the ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica.
What is much of earths usable freshwater obtained from?
The largest source of freshwater on earth is ice sheets, glaciers, and icebergs. The Great Lakes are the largest fresh water on the planet.
Why is fresh water important?
Because that's the only water we can consume. salt water would definitly kill you because the amount of salt in the water therefour, you can only drink fresh water. Why you would die from drinking alot of salt water is because salt is actually a poison to your body and since it is a poison to our bodies it pretty much just kills the inside.
How much of earths surface is covered by salt water only?
Approximately 67.8% of earth's surface is covered by salt water while only 3% is covered by fresh water. In total, the earth's surface is covered by 70.8% of water.
How much fresh water is there on Earth.?
3% of the earths water, is fresh water
How much of the earths water is drinking water?
Less than 1%Explanation: Just 2.5% of the planet's water is fresh. Less than 1% is readily available for human consumption because some of the fresh water is stored in the form of ice bergs.actually, it is 4.04% of the world's water is fresh water
How much of earths water fresh water is in iceburgs and glaciers?
45%
How much of earths fresh water is found in surface water like rivers streams and lakes?
0.3%
How much of the earths fresh water is found in surface water like rivers streams and lake?
0.3%
How much drinking water is left in the world?
How much fresh water left in the world for our future generation and how we can save it.
How much of earths fresh water can you use in your life?
You can at least use 1/4 of the water on Earth, but at most, 3/4 of it.
How much of fresh water is found in surface water like river steams and lakes?
Only about 1.7% of earths water is drinkable fresh water, so conserve it! Most of the fresh water is found in glaciers
How much of earths surface is below sea level?
Well I'm not to sure about that, but 70% of the earth is water!And only 3% of all the water is fresh
Why water is considered to be a resource that is in short supply when there is so much of it on earth?
because most of the earths water is salt water and there us only 2.5% of fresh water on the earth =D
How much of all fresh water on Earth can be used by people and other land organisms?
The amount of Earth's water that is usable as a freshwater resources can vary. There is a very large percentage of freshwater available, but much of it is unobtainable.
Is water scarce in Antarctica?
There isn't much drinking water because almost all of the water is frozen. The snow can be thawed to give fresh water. The rainfall in Antarctica is very low.
