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Ella McKenzie
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Why is so little water used for drinking and agriculture when it is the largest resource?
Because only 3 percent of the liquid water on Earth is use-able for drinking and agriculture. The rest of it is salt water which can not be used for either.
What percent of the water on earth do you use?
90%
How much of the earth is ready for use by humans?
Less than 1 percent of Earth's water is ready for use by humans. Earth is approximately 71 percent water but of all this water only about 2.5 percent is fresh water with the rest being salt water and thus not fit for human consumption. Of the 2.5 percent fresh water the majority of this is frozen in the polar icecaps, present in soil moisture or deep underground where it is out of reach.
how many percent of water is left for humans to drink and use for daily perposes?
when we divide earth in to four parts , three parts cover with sea water. Out of which only 1% of water is available in the form of drinking water in the form of Glaciers , rivers etc.,
What percentage of the water on earth is for human use?
This depends on what you mean with 'human use'. But it is estimated that 2.75 percent of all water on Earth is fresh water (which I believe is what you mean). Most of that however (2.05) is frozen in glaciers. A further 0.68 percent is ground water, with only 0.011 percent being surface water (in lakes and rivers).
What percentage of the earth is available for human use?
Type your answer here... 1 percent water 2 percent ice
What percent of earths water is drinkable?
about 1%97.2% of earth's water is in oceans. The rest is fresh water which is 2.8%, but 2.15% is in glaciers, and ice sheets in which we can not use. the other 0.65% is useable and available for us to use for things like drinking, cooking, and growing crops.
What percentage of the water on earth is available for human use?
This depends on what you mean with 'human use'. But it is estimated that 2.75 percent of all water on Earth is fresh water (which I believe is what you mean). Most of that however (2.05) is frozen in glaciers. A further 0.68 percent is ground water, with only 0.011 percent being surface water (in lakes and rivers).
How much of earth's water is ready for use by humans?
Less than 1 percent of Earth's water is ready for use by humans. Earth is approximately 71 percent water but of all this water only about 2.5 percent is fresh water with the rest being salt water and thus not fit for human consumption. Of the 2.5 percent fresh water the majority of this is frozen in the polar icecaps, present in soil moisture or deep underground where it is out of reach.
Why is less than one third of fresh water available for use by humans?
1 percent of earth water
What percentage of the earth water is fresh water available for use by living organism?
three percent of all the earths water is fresh water
How much of the earths water is ready for use by humans?
Less than 1 percent of Earth's water is ready for use by humans. Earth is approximately 71 percent water but of all this water only about 2.5 percent is fresh water with the rest being salt water and thus not fit for human consumption. Of the 2.5 percent fresh water the majority of this is frozen in the polar icecaps, present in soil moisture or deep underground where it is out of reach.
