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Estimates are that 97% of the water on earth is salt water or brackish water, the majority of it being in the oceans, seas, and bays.

About 2% of the freshwater is frozen in glaciers.

And less than 1% of the freshwater is in lakes, rivers, streams, and potable groundwater.

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