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Is underground water called as fresh water?

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Underground water is called underground water, because it is "underground" not because it is fresh or salt.

You can have underground salt water reservoirs just like you can have fresh water ones.

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Is underground water called fresh water?

Underground water is called underground water, because it is "underground" not because it is fresh or salt. You can have underground salt water reservoirs just like you can have fresh water ones.


What is an underground water storage called?

Natural underground reserves of fresh water are generally called aquifers.


What is fresh water?

Fresh Water is naturally occurring water on Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as ground water in aquifers and underground streams.


What is an aquifer why is it important?

An aquifer is an underground fresh water source.


Where is most of earth's usable fresh water located?

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Where does the fresh water come from?

The earth's fresh water is naturally occurring water that is in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams.


From what sourced do people get fresh water?

lakes and rivers and groundwater (underground)


What is an aquifer why is it so important?

An aquifer is an underground fresh water source.


What percentage of fresh water is under the ground?

Only 2.75% of water in the world is fresh water. .68 % of water is underground. and .0011% of water is surface water that is in lakes, rivers, ect.


What percentage of world's freshwater is stored as glacial ice?

About 3% of the water on Earth is fresh. Only about .1% of the fresh water is visible on land. About 75% of the fresh water is locked in glaciers and ice caps. Then about 24.9% of the fresh water is underground.


What is water found underground called?

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What is fresh water that mixes with ocean water called?

Water that is a mixture of fresh water and salt water is called brackish water.