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About 2.59% of Earth's total water supplies is drinkable water
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What is the total quantity of salt water in the earth?
the total amount is 98%
Of the total water on the earth fresh water reserves constitute approximately?
Of the total water on earth fresh water sources constitute only 3 percent. 97 percent is ocean water. fresh water sources are glaciers, ice, lakes and rivers.
Of the total water on earth fresh water reserves constitute approximately?
2.7%
How much fresh water is locked in antarctica's iceap?
The estimate is that this amount of fresh water is about 70% of the total available on earth.
How much Of total water on earth what percentage is ocean water?
~71% of the earth is covered with water, of that ~97% is salt and ~3% is fresh (2% of fresh water is frozen, only about 1% is available)
Fresh water in frozen glaciers and ice caps makes up what percentage of the total amount of fresh water on earth?
about 66%
What percent of water on earth is fresh water?
Around 3% of water on earth is fresh water
How much of planet earth is water?
The Earth's total surface is 80% water and only 2.5% is fresh water.
What is the habitat of a beetle?
The habitat of a beetle is by fresh water an earth
Who much salt water is there on earth?
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.
What percentage of earth water is fresh?
Of all the water on Earth, around 2.75% of it is fresh drinking water.
How much percent of fresh water lies on earth?
Assuming you mean "How much of the water on Earth is fresh water", about 5% of the water on the Earth is fresh water, as opposed to about 95% salt water. To anser your question directly though, 100% of the fresh water we know about is on Earth. There is some water on other celestial bodies, but I wouldn't exactly call it fresh water.
How much of earths water is fresh?
About 71% of Earth's surface is covered by water; the hydrosphere. The hydrosphere is all of the water in and on the earth. How much of that water is fresh? 97% of the water on Earth is salt water. This means that only 3% of the hydrosphere is fresh water. Why do you think "hydro" means water? Of that 3%, 85% of the fresh water is frozen in glaciers and ice-caps. Thus, just 15% of 3% of Earth's total water is liquid-fresh water.
How much of the water on earth is salt water?
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.
What percentage of all the water on Earth is fresh water?
About 3 percent (2.75%) of the total water on Earth is fresh water, and as much as 75% of that is locked up as ice in glaciers and polar caps. Most of the rest is groundwater or water vapor in the air. Thank you!
What percent of fresh water is consumable for living organisms on earth?
100% of fresh water is consumable for living organisms. If you mean, what percentage of total water on the Earth is consumable, I believe the figure is somewhere in the region of 3%, but I might be wrong.
Is fresh water evenly spreaded out over the earth?
fresh water is evenly distributed over earth
How much usable fresh water is there on Earth?
3% of the earths water, is fresh water
What percentage of earths water is not liquid fresh water?
3% of Earth's water is fresh and of this 3%, 69% is Ice.Thus 97% of Earth's water is saltyand 2.07 of the fresh water is Ice.Which means 99.07% of Earth's water is not liquid fresh water.__________________________________________________________________The percentage of fresh water volume to total water is 2.5 %.Of this total volume 70% is ice.Of this fresh water around 30% is underground water.Fresh water lakes and rivers contain around 0.3% of total fresh water.The total usable fresh water is less than 1% of all fresh water resources.refer to link below
Is rain fresh water?
Yes, rain water is fresh water. When water evaporates, the salt from the water stays on the earth. Fresh water evaporates then the fresh water condenses.
Why is water considered a scarce resource?
Water is considered as a scarce resource as fresh water occupies only 3% of total water found on earth.
Is there more salt water or fresh water on earth?
Salt water is more than fresh water.
How is land use related to water quality and quantity?
71% of the Earths surface is water; as to the Quality of water mostly its salt water the rest is fresh water of , as for the quality of the Earth that has to do with where you look. Some of it is arid, ice, tropical or temperate.
What percentage of the earth is salt water?
Of all the water on Earth, fresh water is 100 %
Is most of the water on earth fresh or salty?
Most of the water on earth is salt water.
