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What is 70 percent of Earth's freshwater?
In a way, 72% of Earth approx. is covered in water. Only 3% is freshwater. So only 4% of earth is freshwater. 2/3 of that 3% is locked in ice caps. So 2.7% of earths water is frozen. Only .75% of Earths water is in rivers. That is hardly 1% of space on Earth. The rest is frozen in Glaciers, which is .25%. Only .03% of Earth is made up of Glacial ice.
Of the total amount of available water on the earth what percent is frozen at the poles?
2%
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!
Where is the rest of the freshwater found other than wells?
The vast majority of the freshwater on Earth is frozen in glaciers and in the antarctic ice sheet. Another common place you might find fresh water is in rivers and lakes...
The most abundant source of freshwater on Earth is what?
The most abundant source would be in glacial form as frozen water, although the most abundant and accessible source is groundwater.
How much of the earth is covered by freshwater?
Out of all the water on Earth, only 2.75 percent is fresh water, including 2.05 percent frozen in glaciers, 0.68 percent as groundwater and 0.011 percent of it as surface water in lakes and rivers.
What is 70 percent of Earth's freshwater?
In a way, 72% of Earth approx. is covered in water. Only 3% is freshwater. So only 4% of earth is freshwater. 2/3 of that 3% is locked in ice caps. So 2.7% of earths water is frozen. Only .75% of Earths water is in rivers. That is hardly 1% of space on Earth. The rest is frozen in Glaciers, which is .25%. Only .03% of Earth is made up of Glacial ice.
How much of earths water is frozen water?
A bit less than 2% of the worlds water is frozen. Antarctica accounts for about 80% of the worlds fresh water.
Oceans contain 97 percent of the earth's water where is the majority of the rest of the water?
The rest of the water is groundwater(underground water) or frozen water(icebergs, glaciers). It could also be freshwater(streams,rivers)
Where is 3 percent freshwater found?
97% of water on the Earth is salt water, and only 3% is fresh water of which slightly over two thirds is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.
What percent of the earth's water is in all the earth's freshwater lakes is in the Great Lakes?
20%
How much percent of water is salt water?
Estimates are that 97% of the water on earth is salt water or brackish water, the majority of it being in the oceans, seas, and bays. About 2% of the freshwater is frozen in glaciers. And less than 1% of the freshwater is in lakes, rivers, streams, and potable groundwater. See Links.
How much freshwater is in earth lakes?
Not very much. Freshwater makes up only about 2% of the entire Earth.
Where is the majority of freshwater on earth?
Ice is technically freshwater so in glaciers, and some lakes or ponds are freshwater.
What percent of the earth is covered by freshwater?
11 percent is fresh water. The other 88 percent is polluted with semen.
What percentage of the world's freshwater is in the Arctic?
Of total water available in earth, 2.59% of water is fresh and in that 2% of water is frozen as glaciers in the poles. Ground water constitutes around 0.592% and about 0.014% is present in lakes, ponds, etc.
What percent of freshwater is found in frozen ice?
About two-thirds (2/3) of the world's fresh water is stored in the ice caps.
