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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.
Do both the Arctic and Antarctic contain salt water or fresh water?
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 is the reservoir for most fresh water on earth?
Most of the fresh water on Earth is stored in glaciers and ice caps, particularly in Antarctica and Greenland. Approximately 68.7% of the world's fresh water is locked away in these frozen reserves. The remaining fresh water is found in groundwater, surface water bodies like rivers and lakes, and in the atmosphere. This makes glaciers and ice caps the largest reservoir of fresh water, significantly influencing global water availability.
Does glaciers contain the highest percentage of fresh water on earth?
Yes, glaciers contain the largest percentage of fresh water on Earth, with around 69% of the freshwater stored in glaciers. This frozen water is vital for maintaining freshwater availability in rivers and lakes.
Will global warming increase the amount of fresh water?
Not necessarily. Some areas will experience severe flooding from time to time, but other areas will suffer more prolonged droughts. Excessive flooding is unlikely to result in productive storage of water.
What availability of water is on earth?
More then 70% water coverd on earth , in that 2.5 is fresh water
What is the availability of water on the earth?
More then 70% water coverd on earth , in that 2.5 is fresh water
Does Australia get salt or fresh water?
Australia people drink fresh water like we do, though their continent is surrounded by ocean water.
What is the percentage of water from Antarctica is fresh?
The ice sheet that covers 98% of the Antarctic continent contains about 60% of the earth's fresh water, according to Wikipedia.
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 is fresh water a limeted resource?
because of its only1% availability on earth and shrinking
Why do you think the availability of fresh drinking water is such a concern when there is so much water covering the planet?
The reason there is a concern about the availability of fresh drinking water and rightly so, is perhaps because for one thing the water covering the planet is salted and extracting the salt from the water is a costly exercise. Also you should understand that fresh water is not tap water as that water is deadly and polluted. Also the lack f rain fall in some areas will reduce the availability of fresh water, comes from the hills and mountains and flows underground. It is almost impossible to capture this water in its' natural state, which leads me to believe that even bottle water is not fresh water. You can only get FRESH water at the point where it comes out of the ground.
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.
Why does Antarctica have half of all the fresh water on earth?
More than half, about 70% of the earth's fresh water is stored in Antarctica's ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent. As to why, the answer is that the formation of ice from fresh water is most prolific on the continent of Antarctica. This process has taken place for millenia.
What continents is freshwater located?
All of the continents have fresh water and Asia has the least amount of fresh water.
Who much water does Antarctica hold?
Antarctica's fresh water cache is about 70% of all the fresh water on earth -- frozen in its ice sheet that covers 98% of the continent.
Which continent store more than half of the Earths fresh water?
Antarctica
