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What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by lakes and rivers?
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What percentage of earth is made of rivers?
A negligible percentage, significantly less than 1%. Rivers occur only of the surface of the earth, around 70% of which is oceans. Rivers occupy a tine proportion of the remaining surface. Compared to the radius of the earth their depth is negligible so that they occupy a minuscule proportion of the earth's volume.
What breaks down earths surface?
Primarily the erosive power of wind and water. Rivers and rain will wear away even the hardest stone.
Rivers lakes and streams are part of the earths what?
Part of earth's hydrosphere
What is the term of the study of the earths surface and the people who live in it?
Geography. Physical Geography describes the natural landforms, rivers and seas. Political Geography describes the people, their nations, trade, major religions, etc.
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 part of the earths covered with water?
Almost 3/4 of the Earth's surface is covered by water (71%).Predominantly the oceans, but lakes, seas, and rivers also cover some of the Earth's surface with water.
About what percentage of the earth is covered by water?
The Earth is made of approximately 71% water. Of this amount, 97.5 percent is contained in the saltwater oceans while the remaining 2.5 percent is in freshwater lakes and rivers and in the polar ice.
Where is all of the water on or near earths surface?
Most of earth's surface water is in the oceans. The second largest bodies are the polar ice caps. Groundwater (water below the surface) exceeds that in all earth's freshwater lakes, rivers, and streams--which account for the remainder of earth's surface water.
How much of earths fresh water is found in surface water like rivers streams and lakes?
0.3%
What source of most water evaporates from earths surface?
Water is evaporated from oceans, seas, lakes, rivers.
How much of the earths fresh water is found in surface water like rivers streams and lake?
0.3%
What percentage of earths surface is covered by water?
73%
What that moves over earths surface when it rains is called?
Water which moves over the earths surface after having precipitated (rain, snow, etc) is known as runoff. Most rivers get the majority of their water from precipitation runoff.
What is the land part of the earths surface?
The Ocean, Rivers, and Lakes. If you want to get real technical then you can add Lava to the list.
What percentage of the world is the sea?
97%
What percentage of earth is made of rivers?
A negligible percentage, significantly less than 1%. Rivers occur only of the surface of the earth, around 70% of which is oceans. Rivers occupy a tine proportion of the remaining surface. Compared to the radius of the earth their depth is negligible so that they occupy a minuscule proportion of the earth's volume.
What state of water is most common on Earths surface?
Liquid water--oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, aquifers, and streams.
