How much fresh water is in glaciers?

Answer 1

Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water.

97% of water on the Earth is salt water, leaving only 3% as fresh water of which slightly over two thirds is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen freshwater is mainly found as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground or in the air.

Fresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world's supply of clean, fresh water is steadily decreasing. Water demand already exceeds supply in many parts of the world and as the world population continues to rise, so too does the water demand. Awareness of the global importance of preserving water for ecosystem services has only recently emerged as, during the 20th century, more than half the world's wetlands have been lost along with their valuable environmental services. Biodiversity-rich freshwater ecosystems are currently declining faster than marine or land ecosystems. The framework for allocating water resources to water users (where such a framework exists) is known as water rights.

Answer 2

The information below was collect from US government sources referenced below. 75% of the world's fresh water supply is held in the glaciers and polar ice-caps. http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthglacier.html Another 21% of the worlds fresh water supplies are held in the Great Lakes Basin. http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/basicinfo.html The final 20% of the worlds fresh water is locked up in Lake Baikal in Russia. http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111511 This leaves only a negative 16% of the worlds fresh water available to the rest of us. This is the primary reason for government mandated lawn watering restrictions.

Answer 3

Well you can't really say because more of the ice is melting every few seconds but the best I can say is that 20% of normal pond water and stuff is ice.

So ice is just frozen water it means that it has travelled from near North.

It has got cought up in the air and has travelled. We don't know for sure how ice gets to near the equater because geuss what it doesn't.

Ice is only near far South, Far North, Far East and Far West. They are the coldest places on Earth. Look on your globe and you will see them places are white. That sybals they are cold places like the North Pole.

Answer 4

Glaciers contain about 69% of the world's fresh water, stored in the form of ice. As glaciers melt, this fresh water is released into rivers and oceans, impacting global sea levels and freshwater availability.

Answer 5

about 7/10 of earth's fresh water is frozen in glaciers and icebergs.

Answer 6

About 97% of the Earth's water is in the ocean. Of the 3% that is not, about 69% is frozen in ice caps and glaciers.

Answer 7

There is a large debate over how much of Earth's fresh water is trapped in frozen ice caps and glaciers. Many agree that the number is somewhere between 58 and 70 percent.

Answer 8

100% fresh water..salt water can't freeze

Answer 9

About 85%