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70% of the world's fresh water is stored in the ice in Antarctica. 90% of the Earth's ice is also found there.

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What percent of earth's fresh water is trapped in frozen icecaps and glaciers?

2%


In what form is the majority of the world's fresh water?

Frozen. In glaciers and icecaps.


What percntage of the world's fresh water supply is frozen in Antarctica's ice cap?

According to NOAA: "Of the three percent of the water that is not in the ocean, about 69 percent is locked up in glaciers and icecaps. Ninety percent of that frozen water is in Antarctica and about nine percent covers Greenland."


Approximately what percent of the Earths hydrosphere is contained in frozen ice such as glaciers and polar icecaps?

Around 68.7% of the Earth's fresh water is stored in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow. This amounts to roughly 1.7% of the total water on Earth being stored in frozen ice.


What portion of the fresh water is frozen into ice?

Only 2 percent of fresh water is frozen in glaciers.


What percent of the earths fresh water is frozen poles?

Only about 1.7% of the world's total water is trapped in glaciers and ice caps, but about 68.7% of fresh water on Earth is frozen in them.


Where is 2 percent of earths water?

It is in frozen form - as the polar ice caps and glaciers.


How much percent of the worlds fresh water frozen?

About 68.7% of the world's fresh water is stored in glaciers and ice caps, making it frozen.


Why do glaciers grow slow in antarctica?

Antarctica is a desert with about five percent humidity. This means that very low amounts of moisture are available to be frozen into glaciers.


What percent of the water on earth is frozen freshwater?

Approximately 68.7% of the freshwater on Earth is frozen in polar ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow.


What percentage of earth covered frozen icecaps?

67% in my science book it says that ice caps cover a little bit over 67% it's actuly 67.0000099


Where is earth's water found?

Most of the salt water is in the oceans, most of the fresh water is frozen in Antarctica and in icecaps and glaciers in other parts of the world. A very small part of the fresh water is in our rivers, lakes, dams, cisterns and refrigerators.