Where are and in what from is most of earth's fresh water?

Answer 1

Short Answer:

Of all fresh water on Earth, 69% is frozen. And, even it it melts through global warming, most of it goes into the ocean. Basically, all the water we get is either from rain or what is pumped up from the rapidly diminishing aquifers.

There is not really much fresh ware on Earth. 1.74% of all Earth's water is in this frozen form as ice caps, glaciers and snow.

Only 0.75% of Earth's water is liquid water and potentially accessible as fresh water in ground water, lakes, streams and swamps.

Long Answer:

About 97.5% of water on Earth is salt water and 2.5% fresh water.

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.

96.5000% 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

Answer 2

Most of Earth's fresh water is stored in ice caps, glaciers, and underground aquifers. These sources hold about 69% of the world's fresh water, with only a small percentage readily available in lakes, rivers, and atmospheric moisture.

Answer 3

Most of the earth's fresh water is found in the frozen ice caps at both the North Pole and the South Pole.