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% of Earth's Water Distribution: Oceans-97.2%
Saline lakes and seas- 0.008
Ice caps-2.15
Atmospheric-0.001
Fresh water lakes-0.009
Ground water-0.62
Rivers-0.0001
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agothe percentage of the earths water is 70% and 1% of it is fresh water
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∙ 15y agoOnly 3% of the world's water is fresh. And 99% of this is either frozen in glaciers and pack ice or is buried in aquifers. The remainder is found in lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams.
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∙ 14y agoI'm pretty sure it's almost less than 10%. Glaciers make up all the rest.
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∙ 11y ago.03%
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How much of the earth water is in the oceans?
Ninety six percent of all Earth's water is in the oceans. The rest of Earths' water comes from lakes, rivers, and from vapor in the air.
Match the water cycle element in column 1 with the characteristic in column?
oceans 97 percent of earths water glaciers 70 percent of earths fresh water ground water 100 times more water than in all rivers and lakes rivers powered by gravity
What are earths four sources of water?
Ocean,ice,rivers,lakes,groundwater
Does earths freshwater supply come from ground water lakes or rivers?
The supply comes from rain. People's supply comes mostly from rivers and lakes.
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.
What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by lakes and rivers?
About 3% of the earths water is freshwater, most of it in pack ice, glaciers, and aquifers. Only about one-third percent is found in rivers and lakes. The largest freshwater lake by volume is Lake Baikal in Russia.
What percent of earths water is found in oceans?
97.5% of Earth's water is found in the oceans. 2.5% is found in freshwater lakes.
What state of water is most common on Earths surface?
Liquid water--oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, aquifers, and streams.
What percent of Romania is made of rivers?
All bodies of water (lakes and rivers) make 3 % from the total area of Romania.
Does Canada have 10 percent fresh water?
yes because of lakes, rivers and glaciers does that help
Who has more fresh water lakes and rivers or groundwater?
lakes and rivers
