All the great rivers of Asia are fed by glacial melt and about 40% of the world relies on these rivers for drinking and other uses.
About 40 percent of people depend on glacial melt for their drinking water!.
About 3% and only 1% is able to be drank. The rest is frozen in ice caps and glaciers.
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.
1.7 percent
Ice Sheets Ice Shelves Ice Caps Ice Streams/Outlet Glaciers Icefields Mountain Glaciers Valley Glaciers Piedmont Glaciers Cirque Glaciers Hanging Glaciers Tidewater Glaciers
Icebergs that break off into the ocean from glaciers do not contain salt, as they are formed by freshwater on land (snow, ice). Icebergs that form in the ocean mostly do not contain salt either. This is because as the seawater freezes, it forms a crystal structure (ice) that prevents salt ions from being included.
About 3% of water is fresh and usable, but 3/4 of that 3% are in the ice caps and glaciers.
about 66%
Approximately 68.7% of Earth's fresh water is stored in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow.
About 3% and only 1% is able to be drank. The rest is frozen in ice caps and glaciers.
ice caps and glaciers
Ice caps/glaciers
glaciers and polar ice caps
Cause Of Snow Marins And Glaciers
Rainfall is where it is from. Ice caps and glaciers is where most of it is found, followed by groundwater.
In the glaciers
Salt water: 97 percent Ice caps and glaciers: 2 percent Fresh liquid water: 1 percent -Apex- :)
Parts of the hydrosphere include oceans, seas, glaciers, lakes, rivers, clouds and other water in the atmosphere, and underground water.