It's North America's Great Lakes. So if you were answering a question like this one, you would say something similar to this:
The continent that has half of the earth's fresh water is North America's Great Lakes.
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More than half, about 70% of the earth's fresh water is stored in Antarctica's ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent. As to why, the answer is that the formation of ice from fresh water is most prolific on the continent of Antarctica. This process has taken place for millenia.
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Brazil, Russia, Canada, and Indonesia hold half of the Earth's fresh water resources.
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Over half of Earth's fresh water supply is difficult to use because it is stored in ice caps and glaciers, or is located underground in aquifers that are difficult to access. Additionally, pollution and contamination of fresh water sources further restricts their usability for human consumption and agriculture.
Aquifers are important, because they produce fresh water from the salty sea water so humans have more water since about 75% of the earth is water and more than half that is salt water and most fresh water is trapped in glaciers or ice caps, which only leaves us humans 1% of fresh water to drink.
No, a continent is not larger than a hemisphere. A hemisphere refers to half of the Earth, divided either by the equator or the prime meridian, while a continent is a large landmass on Earth. Therefore, a continent is smaller than a hemisphere.
For nearly half of the year, there is little or no direct sun on the continent. It is the coldest continent on earth.
No, there is no sea that is half salt and half fresh water. Saltwater and freshwater have different densities, which prevents them from mixing evenly in large bodies of water. However, there are instances where saltwater and freshwater can meet, creating brackish water with varying degrees of salinity.
More than half of Earth's fresh water supply, stored as ice in glaciers and polar ice caps, is difficult to use because it is in remote locations where it is not easily accessible for human use. Additionally, the energy and cost required to harvest this ice and transport it would be prohibitively high.
More than half of the people on Earth live in Asia, the largest continent in the world.