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Short Answer:
About 97.5% of water on Earth is salt water and 2.5% fresh water.
More Information:
All of the oceans are salt water and the oceans represent more than 96% of all water on Earth.
Of the 2.5% fresh water, only 0.3% is in liquid form on the surface. Most of the rest is frozen or underground. Less than .01 % of all water is in lakes and rivers.
A breakdown of the various forms of water is as follows, going from the largest to the smallest.
96.500% Oceans, Seas, bays
1.7400% Ice caps, glaciers, snow
0.9400% Saline Groundwater
0.7600% Fresh groundwater
0.0220% Ground ice and permafrost
0.0070% Fresh Lakes
0.0060% Saline Lakes
0.0010% Soil moisture
0.0010% Atmosphere
0.0008% Swamps
0.0002% Rivers
0.0001% Biological
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoThe earth is 75% salt water. I have also been told that only 3% of the earth's water is fresh, so I'm not sure what the rest of it is. :)
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How much water in the hydrosphere is salt and how much is fresh?
well there is 30% in the salt water but is that the natural water is more fresh
Contrast salt water and fresh water?
Fresh and salt water are very different for one key reason, fresh water doesn't contain salt and salt water obviously does. There are different flora and fauna in fresh and salt water for this reason.
Why can't marine fishes survive in fresh water?
Because marine fish live in salt water because there found in the ocean.
Is the water in the Sacramento salt water or fresh water?
There was salt water but they have replaced it with fresh water.
Why is salt water brackish?
Salt water and brackish water are different in terms how the amount of salt. You can say salt water is brackish, since brackish water and salt water both contain salt. However, salt water has more salt than brackish water, since brackish water is a mix between salt water and fresh water (so it has less salt).
What two main types of water are there?
there is salt water which makes up the worlds oceans and there is fresh water that make up certain streams and rivers
Why do the worlds oceans contain so much more salt than fresh water does?
because its the ocean ;D
How much water in the hydrosphere is salt and how much is fresh?
well there is 30% in the salt water but is that the natural water is more fresh
What are the result of Which freezes faster salt water or fresh water?
Fresh water freezes much much quicker.
What percent of water is not clean water?
the majority of the world water is salt water, and about 3% of the worlds water is fresh but 2% of that water is glaciers. so that leaves only 1% of the worlds water supply
Contrast salt water and fresh water?
Fresh and salt water are very different for one key reason, fresh water doesn't contain salt and salt water obviously does. There are different flora and fauna in fresh and salt water for this reason.
Does a paper towel work diferently in fresh water than salt water?
yes,a paper towel doesnt melt in salt water fastly as much as in fresh water.in fresh water it melts more fastly than in salt water.
Where is the worlds largest supply of fresh water?
"The Antarctic Icecap is the largest supply of fresh water, representing nearly 2% of the world's total of fresh and salt water." Source: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004674.html
Dose a swimmer float better in fresh salt water or non fresh salt water?
on fresh salt water
Why a grape didn't float in fresh water and why a grape didn't sink in salt water?
Salt water is much denser than fresh water and therefore can provide a much greater buoyant force.
What is salt water and fresh water?
Salt water is water that has salt in it and it is found in oceans. Fresh water does not have salt and is found in rivers and lakes.
What are 2 differences between salt water and fresh water?
there is salt in salt water and little salt in fresh water
