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It's actually the salty oceans, because the sun evaporates fresh water from the oceans; it forms into clouds; the clouds blow over the land and drop the fresh water as rain. It collects into rivers and lakes and dams and then into our houses. Fresh!
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What stage of water cycle supplies fresh water for aquifers?
The Precipitation stage of water cycle provides fresh water to the aquifiers. It is one of the major source of fresh water on earth.
The major source of fresh water for the water cycle is?
lakes. because the question asks for a fresh water source.
Does livestock pollute the earth?
Livestock pollutes the earth through their excrement. This substance can pollute fresh water supplies. Livestock is a major source of pollution.
How the oceans which are salty in nature are the source of fresh water on earth?
Oceans are not the source of fresh water on Earth. Drinking water primarily comes from 4 sources. Lakes, rivers, groundwater, and glaciers. (Of course, all of it is purified before it reaches you.) ADDED: The oceans are fundamentally the source, because the water falling as rain and snow has been evaporated from the sea, and the evaporation leaves the salt behind.
Where can earth fresh water be found?
earth's fresh water can be found in rainfall
Is most of earth's fresh water salty or fresh?
Most of the water on earth is salt water.
How much of the worlds water comes from Antarctica?
The Antarctic ice sheet stores about 70% of the earth's fresh water and about 90% of the earth's ice. The ice sheet is not considered a source of water.
What is an ecosystem that contains both salt water and fresh water?
Sorry for this short answer... Earth. A briny water ecosystem can contain both salt and fresh water, though it is all mixed together. These ecosystems are where a fresh water source, such as a river, meets a salt water source, such as an ocean. River deltas commonly have briny water.
What percentage is earth fresh water?
Of all the water on Earth, around 2.75% of it is fresh drinking water.
What percentage of Earth's fresh water?
Of all the water on Earth, around 2.75% of it is fresh drinking water.
How much percent of fresh water lies on earth?
Assuming you mean "How much of the water on Earth is fresh water", about 5% of the water on the Earth is fresh water, as opposed to about 95% salt water. To anser your question directly though, 100% of the fresh water we know about is on Earth. There is some water on other celestial bodies, but I wouldn't exactly call it fresh water.
How much fresh water is there on Earth.?
3% of the earths water, is fresh water
