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About 70% of Earth's fresh water is found in glaciers and icecaps
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Where is most of earths freshwater supply?
Most of Earth's fresh water is locked up in glaciers. "Supply" would reference rivers and lakes.
What percentage of the earth's freshwater supply is in the two polar ice caps together?
99% of the worlds freshwater is locked up in the polar ice sheets.
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 many percentage fresh water available for human consumption?
Roughly 1% of the world's freshwater is readily available for human consumption in the form of rivers, lakes, and groundwater. The majority of Earth's freshwater is locked up in glaciers and ice caps, making it inaccessible for immediate use.
Where is the that has outgassed from Earth's volcanoes?
locked up in rocks
Is there more saltwater than freshwater on the earth?
There is much more saltwater than freshwater. All of the oceans are made up of saltwater for example.
How much freshwater is in earth lakes?
Not very much. Freshwater makes up only about 2% of the entire Earth.
What percentage of earth is made up of fresh water?
About 3 percent (2.75%) of the total water on Earth is fresh water, and as much as 75% of that is locked up as ice in glaciers and polar caps. Most of the rest is groundwater or water vapor in the air. Thank you!
What is the percentage of water is fresh water?
About 3 percent (2.75%) of the total water on Earth is fresh water, and as much as 75% of that is locked up as ice in glaciers and polar caps. Most of the rest is ground water. The water vapor in the air constitutes 4 times as much water as all of the surface freshwater on the planet (0.04 % vs 0.01 %).
What percentage in drinking water is chemicals?
If it is water, it is 100% potable (drinkable). Most of earth's water is in the oceans, where it's high salt (mostly salts other than NaCL table salt) content makes it NOT potable. Most of earth's fresh water is locked up in polar ice. Groundwater accounts for well over 90% of the remainder of the freshwater. Most of that is potable, though some of it is high in minerals that make it taste unpleasant.
What percentage of the earth's water is fresh water?
only 3% is fresh water
Do the lobster need to be in the lake?
Tasmania has fresh water lobsters and they are the largest freshwater invertebrate on earth. The Blue Lobster can be kept in freshwater tanks and can grow up to one foot in length. Freshwater lobsters are produced in Viet Nam. But, salt water lobsters are in the majority
