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The Arctic ocean, and the Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica, are both salt water.
The ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent of Antarctica holds about 70% of the earth's fresh water.
What else can I help you with?
Where in the world is water always ice?
Mostly at the North and South poles or rather, the Arctic and Antarctic. 90% of the world's fresh water is locked up in ice at the Antarctic.
What is the difference between the arctic and Alaska?
* The Arctic has polar bears and the Antarctic does not. * The Antarctic has penguins and the Arctic doesn't. * The Antarctic has no trees. * The Arctic has Tundra with rich plant life in Spring and Summer. * Antarctic has algae but not the Arctic. * Antarctica has mainly calm animals but the Arctic has some fierce ones.
What is meant by the term fresh water?
Water that does not contain salt, and is not salt water.
Is the Antarctic warmer that the Arctic?
No, just the opposite. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean and is about 30 degrees F colder than the Arctic, which is ocean water surrounded by continents.
The great lakes contain nearly one tenth or one fifth of the worlds fresh surface water?
It contains one-fifth of the worlds fresh surfacewateer!
Do starfish live in the Arctic or the Antarctic?
Yes, Starfish do live in the Antarctic. They live anywhere that there is not fresh water.
Where is the world s fresh water frozen?
In the polar regions: the Arctic and the Antarctic.
Where is the most fresh water found?
most of it is stuck in icecaps in the Arctic and Antarctic i hope this helps you :)
Where in the world is water always ice?
Mostly at the North and South poles or rather, the Arctic and Antarctic. 90% of the world's fresh water is locked up in ice at the Antarctic.
What contains the most fresh water in the hydroshpere?
the Arctic glaciers. Well, the Antarctic ice sheets actually, contain about 4% of the world's water, and essentially all the world's fresh water (in % terms). Well 61% I have since found out.
What percent or the world's total water supply does the Antarctic Icecap contain?
The Antarctic Icecap contains about 70% of the world's fresh water supply in the form of ice. This makes it the largest reserve of fresh water on Earth.
What percent of the earth's fresh water is found in the antarctic?
75% of the Earths FRESH water is located in the Antarctic.
Is there fresh water in the Antarctic?
Yes.Most of the Antarctic continent is covered in frozen fresh water. It forms the polar ice cap.
Why can we not use all of the earth's fresh water?
We can't use all of the Earth's fresh water, because much is locked away as ice, notably at the Arctic and Antarctic regions, and in the many glaciers in certain mountain ranges.
Where in the world can you not find frogs?
The Antarctic because frogs need a source of fresh water in which to breed and all the fresh water in the Antarctic is frozen solid.
How much fresh water is held in Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Southern Hemisphere?
70% of the worlds fresh water and 90% of the worlds ice is stored in the Antarctic ice sheet.
Where did Antarctica's fresh water originate?
Fresh water that is contained in the Antarctic ice sheet originates in the atmosphere.
