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The oceans contain 96.5% of all water.
The total volume of water on Earth is estimated at 1.386 billion km³ (333 million cubic miles).
This represents 0.22 % of the total mass of the Earth.
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About 97.5% of water on Earth is salt water and 2.5% fresh water.
Of the 2.5% fresh water, only 0.3% is in liquid form on the surface.
A breakdown of the various forms of water is as follows, going from the largest to the smallest.
96.5000% 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
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What contains the largest percentage of the Earth?
The largest percentage of the earths surface is covered by water mainly the Oceans (about 71%).
What percent of earths water is saltwater?
Approximately 97% of Earth's water is saltwater found in oceans and seas.
What percent of the earths available water is found in oceans?
About 97% of the Earth's available water is found in oceans as saltwater. This water is too salty for most human purposes and needs to be desalinated for consumption.
Do earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and condensation?
An equilibrium exist on long term.
Does earths oceans gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipitation together how much?
An equilibrium exist on long term.
What is the percentage of the earths water do the oceans hold?
About 80% of water
What contains the largest percentage of the Earth?
The largest percentage of the earths surface is covered by water mainly the Oceans (about 71%).
What percentage of the earths oceans are frozen?
All of it All of it
What percent of earths water is found in oceans?
97.5% of Earth's water is found in the oceans. 2.5% is found in freshwater lakes.
How much of earths oceans cover earths surface?
70% or 80% of water covers the earths surface
Water from oceans and earths surface that changes to water vapor?
Evaporation
Where is most of the earths water located?
Over 95% of the Earth's water is in the oceans and seas.
What stores much of the energy in the earths water cycle?
oceans
What is 70 percent of the Earth covered with?
Oceans make up over 71% of the Earths Surface.
What terms means the constant movement of the earths water from oceans to air to land and back to oceans?
Water cycle is the term for the constant movement of the earth's water from oceans to air to land and back to oceans
What is the average salinity percentage in the dead sea and how does it compare to the earths oceans?
Malum nahi yaar
What percentage of earths water is surface water?
69%
