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Short Answer:
About 97.5% of water on Earth is salt water and 2.5% fresh water.
More Information:
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.
96.500% 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
What else can I help you with?
Contrast salt water and fresh water?
Fresh and salt water are very different for one key reason, fresh water doesn't contain salt and salt water obviously does. There are different flora and fauna in fresh and salt water for this reason.
Why can't marine fishes survive in fresh water?
Because marine fish live in salt water because there found in the ocean.
Which is lighter fresh or salt water?
Fresh water (of the same temperature) has the lower density ('lighter').
How do you mix fresh water to make salt water?
just add salt to fresh water
How do you get salt water?
Dissolving salt in fresh water.
Why do the worlds oceans contain so much more salt than fresh water does?
because its the ocean ;D
What are the result of Which freezes faster salt water or fresh water?
Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water, so it typically takes longer for salt water to freeze compared to fresh water. This is because the presence of salt lowers the freezing point of water.
What percent of water is not clean water?
the majority of the world water is salt water, and about 3% of the worlds water is fresh but 2% of that water is glaciers. so that leaves only 1% of the worlds water supply
Contrast salt water and fresh water?
Fresh and salt water are very different for one key reason, fresh water doesn't contain salt and salt water obviously does. There are different flora and fauna in fresh and salt water for this reason.
Dose a swimmer float better in fresh salt water or non fresh salt water?
on fresh salt water
Why a grape didn't float in fresh water and why a grape didn't sink in salt water?
Salt water is much denser than fresh water and therefore can provide a much greater buoyant force.
What is salt water and fresh water?
Salt water is water that has salt in it and it is found in oceans. Fresh water does not have salt and is found in rivers and lakes.
Is the Jordan river fresh water or salt water?
salt water
What is the difference between fresh water and ocean?
Ocean water has a higher salinity (salt content) than fresh water does.
Why can't marine fishes survive in fresh water?
Because marine fish live in salt water because there found in the ocean.
Salt water and fresh water difference?
Salt water is basically just fresh water with salt mixed in.
Salt water and fresh water differences?
Salt water is basically just fresh water with salt mixed in.
