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Seventy-one percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water. While most water is found in oceans and other water bodies, a small percentage is below ground and in the air. Saltwater oceans hold ninety-seven percent of the Earth's surface water, with glaciers, polar ice caps, rivers, lakes and ponds making up the rest.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y ago71% is the incorrect answer to the question. If the question was "How much of the Earth is 'covered' in water?" then the answer would be more accurate. Imagine how big the Earth is, how thick etc... then water only makes up 0.5% of the planet.
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What percentage of feces is made up of water?
The amount of water on the earth is 70% exact.
What percentage of the earth's freashwater is ground water?
The percentage of Earth's ground water is 0.5%.
What is the global percentage of saltwater?
2/3 of the Earth's surface is made of water. Out of this, presently only 0.05% is fresh water.
What contains the largest percentage of the Earth's water?
Oceans contain the largest percentage of Earth's water, holding approximately 97% of all water on the planet.
What percentage of earth's fresh water is stored in ice and snow?
Approximately 68.7% of Earth's fresh water is stored in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow.
What percentage of earth's fresh water supply?
just about 95% of the Earth is water
What percentage of Earth's water is dirty?
Roughly 4% of Earth's water is considered dirty or contaminated. This includes water found in polluted rivers, lakes, and groundwater sources that have been impacted by human activities such as industrial pollution or agriculture runoff.
There is a lot of water on on earth what percentage it is fresh?
yes there is alot of water in earth.
What percentage of water is in the Earth?
It depends. One hundred percent of Earth's water is one earth
What percentage of earth's water in fresh water?
about 5%
What percentage of earth's water is ground water?
71
What percentage of the Antarctica is made up of water?
Antarctica is a continent -- the driest on earth. It is, however, covered by an ice sheet that contains about 90% of the earth's ice and about 70% of the earth's fresh water. Otherwise, it is land.
