Where is most of the Fresh water on Earth?

Answer 1

Short Answer:

Of all fresh water on Earth, 69% is frozen. And, even it it melts through global warming, most of it goes into the ocean. Basically, all the water we get is either from rain or what is pumped up from the rapidly diminishing aquifers.

There is not really much fresh ware on Earth. 1.74% of all Earth's water is in this frozen form as ice caps, glaciers and snow.

Only 0.75% of Earth's water is liquid water and potentially accessible as fresh water in ground water, lakes, streams and swamps.

Long Answer:

About 97.5% of water on Earth is salt water and 2.5% fresh water.

All of the oceans are salt water and the oceans represent more than 96% of all water on Earth.

Of the 2.5% fresh water, only 0.3% is in liquid form on the surface. Most of the rest is frozen or underground. Less than .01 % of all water is in lakes and rivers.

A breakdown of the various forms of water is as follows, going from the largest to the smallest.

96.5000% Oceans, Seas, bays

1.7400% Ice caps, glaciers, snow

0.9400% Saline Groundwater

0.7600% Fresh groundwater

0.0220% Ground ice and permafrost

0.0070% Fresh Lakes

0.0060% Saline Lakes

0.0010% Soil moisture

0.0010% Atmosphere

0.0008% Swamps

0.0002% Rivers

0.0001% Biological
In rivers, lakes, in the atmosphere, in the water table, and as ice held on land in the form of snow and glaciers (especially the antarctic and Greenland).
99% of all the water on the Earth is not considered fresh water. Only one percent is. It is in lakes, rivers, streams, icecaps on mountains and frozen in the polar caps or glaciers. See the related link for more information.

Answer 2

The majority of freshwater, about 69 percent, is locked up in glaciers and icecaps, mainly in Greenland and Antarctica. You might be surprised that of the remaining freshwater, almost all of it is below your feet, as ground water. No matter where on Earth you are standing, chances are that, at some depth, the ground below you is saturated with water. Of all the freshwater on Earth, only about 0.3 percent is contained in rivers and lakes-yet rivers and lakes are not only the water we are most familiar with, it is also where most of the water we use in our everyday lives exists.

Answer 3

Most of the worlds fresh water is found in the icecaps of Antarctica & Greenland

Answer 4

IN THE POLAR ICE CAPS