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The total volume of water on Earth is estimated at 1.386 billion km³ (333 million cubic miles).
About 97.5% of water on Earth is salt water and 2.5% fresh water.
Of the 2.5% fresh water, only 0.3% is in liquid form on the surface.
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∙ 13y agoIt used to be around 70 to 75% but with rising sea levels, it could have increased
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∙ 13y ago2/3 of the earth is covered by water.
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∙ 14y ago71% of the Earth is filled with water.
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∙ 14y ago76%
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∙ 11y ago69.03%
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Is 97 percent of the Earth's water salt water?
yes
How much salt water covers the earth?
97% of earth is salt water.
How much of earth's water is ready for use by humans?
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.
What percent of the world is salt water?
97%
How much of the earths water is ready for use by humans?
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.
How much per cent of the earth is covered by fresh water?
Only 2.5 percent of the earth is coverd in freash water the of is coverd in salt water(70%)
What percent of the earth water is salt?
Approximately 97.5 percent of all the water on Earth is salt water. Of the remaining 2.5 percent that is fresh, about 70 percent exists as ice.
How much percent is the Earth's salt water?
About 97% of the water on Earth is salt water.
Is 97 percent of the Earth's water salt water?
yes
How much of the world is coverd in water?
2/3 of its surface is covered in salt water
What percentage of earths surface water is salt water?
About 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered in water, and about 90 percent of that is salt water.
What percent of earth is salt water?
97%
How much water in the Earth comes from antarctica?
Seventy one percent of earth's surface is water -- salt water. The ice sheet in Antarctica holds about seventy percent of earth's fresh water.
How many does the earth cover with salt water?
The Earth's surface is covered by approximately 70 percent salt water. The remaining 30 percent consists of ice and land where a majority of the population exists.
What percentage of earth's surface is covered in salt water?
76 percent
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.
What is the percent of fresh water and salt water on earth and where is each type found?
The fresh water better than the salt water because the salt water has salt and that's not good for the living things
