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The total amount of Earths total water supply that is usable fresh water is less then two percent. The rest is salt water or pond water.
45 percent of the earths oxygen is produced by our oceans
45%
Less than 1 percent of Earth's water is ready for use by humans. Earth is approximately 71 percent water but of all this water only about 2.5 percent is fresh water with the rest being salt water and thus not fit for human consumption. Of the 2.5 percent fresh water the majority of this is frozen in the polar icecaps, present in soil moisture or deep underground where it is out of reach.
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3% of the earths water is freshwater.
Not very much. Freshwater makes up only about 2% of the entire Earth.
Mostly 75 percent
The largest source of freshwater on earth is ice sheets, glaciers, and icebergs. The Great Lakes are the largest fresh water on the planet.
80%
A bit less than 2% of the worlds water is frozen. Antarctica accounts for about 80% of the worlds fresh water.
The total amount of Earths total water supply that is usable fresh water is less then two percent. The rest is salt water or pond water.
Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface
Earth's freshwater can be found in many places. More than 68 percent is in icecaps and glaciers, 30 percent in ground water, and 0.3 percent in rivers, lakes, and swamps.
Out of all the water on Earth, only 2.75 percent is fresh water, including 2.05 percent frozen in glaciers, 0.68 percent as groundwater and 0.011 percent of it as surface water in lakes and rivers.
Only 1 percent of earths water is suitable to drink with 97 percent saltwater and 2 percent in icecaps.
Of all the water on earth, , only 2.59% is avalible as freshwater