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What percentage of fresh water does the great lakes hold?
The Great Lakes hold 21% of the world's surface fresh water. Source: Wikipedia.
How much of the world's freshwater do the Great Lakes hold?
There is 12% fresh water in the great lakes... Got this answer from a meteorologist :P :3.... Like if this helped you
What is the area of the Great Lakes?
The 5 Great lakes: - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario hold 21% of the world's surface fresh water and form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth. Their combined total surface area is 208,610 km2 (80,545 sq mi), and their combined total volume is 22,560 km3 (5,412 cu mi). Their origins are glacial.
Why might a lake in a hot region contain salt water?
Twenty-one percent of the fresh water on Earth's surface is liquid. Most of this water is in rivers and lakes. Thousands of freshwater rivers cross Earth's surface. The water in a river starts out as a trickle of water high in the mountains. As other trickles join it, the water becomes a river that flows into the ocean. Most lakes hold fresh water. A lake is a small to medium-sized body of water surrounded by land. Some lakes,such as Mono Lake in California,contain salt water. Saltwater lakes lose water rapidly through evaporation.
What holds more fresh water than all the rivers?
Glaciers hold more fresh water then any river.
What man's victories gave the Americans a hold on the land between the Great Lakes?
clark
What percentage of the world's fresh water does an iceberg hold?
80%
How much of the earths water is ocean water?
While the oceans cover about 70% of the surface area, they actually hold 96.5% of all the water on Earth. Another 1% of the ground water of the Earth is saline, leaving only 2.5% fresh water. Of the 2.5% fresh, most of it is frozen in glaciers or snow and only about 1% exist in liquid form. Almost all of that fresh water is ground water with only a tiny bit in lakes and streams.
What percentage of the of the earths water Antarctica hold?
75%The biggest split in the location of the Earth's water is between fresh water and salt water (about 97%). The 70% of 3% of freshwater is mostly in ice and glaciers, of the remaining 30% of the 3% is in ground water and only 0.3% of the 3% is in lakes and streams.There are some differences in the amount of water in the AntarcticNOAA says 97% of the earth's water is in the oceans with the rest being elsewhere (rivers, lakes, underground, glaciers and ice).USGS says that 68.7% of the fresh water (which is 2.5% of the earth's total water) is in glaciers and ice caps.Science Daily says that 90% of the earth's fresh water is in the Antarctic ice sheet, which differs from what USGS says.USGS says that 90% of the earth's ice mass is in Antarctica. Percent total ice mass is very different from % fresh water or % total water.
Who much water does Antarctica hold?
Antarctica's fresh water cache is about 70% of all the fresh water on earth -- frozen in its ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent.
What fraction of earth's water is not ocean water?
While the oceans cover about 70% of the surface area, they actually hold 96.5% of all the water on Earth. Another 1% of the ground water of the Earth is saline. Salt water accounts for 97.5% of all water, leaving only 2.5% fresh water. Of the 2.5% fresh, most of it is frozen in glaciers or snow and less than 1% exists in liquid form. Almost all of that fresh water is ground water with only a tiny bit in lakes and streams.
A structure used to hold back water?
it is a dam that holds back water and it blokes the water like lakes,rivers and the ocean.
