answersLogoWhite

0

The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica is a salt-water ocean. The ice sheet that covers 98% of Antarctica is frozen fresh water.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What kind of water does Antarctica have salt or fresh?

Antarctica's water is mostly fresh, with large ice sheets that hold about 70% of the world's fresh water. However, there are also areas of salty water in the form of sea ice and surrounding the continent.


Is the Antarctic salty?

The Southern Ocean is, but Antarctica has about 90% of the world's ice (and thereby about 70% of the world's fresh water).


How is fresh water abtained in antarctica?

use fuel and burn the snow into a liquid texture


Is fresh water unpolluted?

No. Fresh water is simply water that is not noticeably salty.


How much of the water that evaporates from a salty ocean is fresh water?

Only about 10 of the water that evaporates from a salty ocean is fresh water.


What does brackish water mean?

"Brackish" means tasting salty or undrinkable.


Can salty water fish live in fresh water and can fresh water fishes live in salty water?

No they cannot, its why they're so called.


Which body of water in egypt has both fresh water and salty water?

The body of water in Egypt that has both fresh and salty water is where the River Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The fresh water from the Nile mixes with the salty Mediterranean water, creating a barrier between the two.


Another word for tears?

They salty tasting water that comes out your eyes


Is most water fresh water?

not all water on earth is fresh its 60% fresh and 3% salty


Are dams fresh water filled or salty water filled?

Fresh water filled.


Contrast the water in oceans with fresh water?

Ocean water Can't drink it and its salty. Fresh Water can drink it, because its fresh :D!