Approximately 30% of the Earth's surface is covered by land, the remaining 70% of the surface is covered by water.
Continents drift on top of the upper mantle. The core is much further down.
Approximately 70.8% of Earth's surface is covered by water (oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers), while the remaining 29.2% is land (continents and islands).
Approximately 29% of the Earth's surface is solid land, comprising continents and islands. The remaining 71% is covered by water, primarily in the form of oceans. Beneath the surface, the Earth's interior consists of solid rock layers, including the crust and the mantle, which make up a significant portion of the planet's total volume.
About 71% of the worlds surface is covered by oceans.
Roughly 10% of Earth's land area is covered by ice in the form of glaciers and ice caps. In addition, about 7% of the Earth's surface is covered by ice in the form of ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland.
Earth's surface is mainly covered by water, with approximately 71% of the planet's surface covered by oceans. Landmasses, including continents and islands, make up the remaining 29% of Earth's surface.
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Continents cover about 29% of Earth's surface. The rest is mostly covered by oceans.
Approximately 71% of the Earth is covered by oceans.
Roughly 75% of Earths Surface is covered by water. (including the Oceans, lakes and land Ice).
About one third of the land surface of the earth is desert.
Approximately 70% of earths surface is covered by the oceans.
Warm, shallow seas covered much of Earth's surface during early Paleozoic time.
about 70%
Approximately 97% of the Earth's surface is covered by salt water.
Roughly 70% of the earths surface is covered by water.