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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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Why does Antarctica have half of all the fresh water on earth?
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.
Ice sheets on which continent store more than half of the earth's fresh water?
Antarctica
Which continent store more than half of the Earths fresh water?
Antarctica
What continent takes up half of earth?
idaho
How is fresh water both a renewable and a limited resource?
Its renewable because the ecosystem collects and purifies the fresh water. Its limited because the earth is only made up of 3% of fresh water and most of the other half is locked up in ice at the Poles.
Why are aquifers sooo valuble?
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.
Why is over half of Earth's water fresh supply difficult to use?
It is locked up as ice.
Is a continent larger than hemisphere?
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.
What keeps Antarctica frozen and from not melting?
For nearly half of the year, there is little or no direct sun on the continent. It is the coldest continent on earth.
Is there a sea that is half salt and half fresh water?
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.
What is a sentence using the words continent largest world?
More than half of the people on Earth live in Asia, the largest continent in the world.
What is the percentage of freshwater out of the worlds total water?
Most of the water on Earth is undrinkable, about 99%, only 1% of the water on Earth is drinkable, and only half of that is easily available!
