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41 million cubic kilometers, or, about 3% of the earths water, is fresh water.
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Approximately 2.5% of the water on Earth is fresh water, with about 69% of that locked up in glaciers and ice caps and another 30% stored underground. Only a small fraction, around 0.3%, is found in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere where it is accessible for direct human use.
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What percentage of earth's fresh water is stored in ice and snow?
Approximately 68.7% of Earth's fresh water is stored in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow.
What percent of the water on earth can you drink?
Only about 3% of the water on Earth is fresh water, and of that, only a fraction is easily accessible for us to drink. The majority of fresh water is locked up in glaciers, ice caps, and underground aquifers.
What planet has 3 forms of water?
Earth is the only known planet in our solar system to have water in all three forms - solid, liquid, and gas - due to its unique temperatures and atmospheric conditions.
What is the percentage of clean water versus polluted water?
Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered in water, with around 97.5% being saltwater and only 2.5% being fresh water. However, a significant portion of fresh water is polluted due to contamination from various human activities. The exact percentage of clean water versus polluted water can vary depending on location and specific sources of pollution.
What contains the largest percentage of the Earth's water?
Oceans contain the largest percentage of Earth's water, holding approximately 97% of all water on the planet.
How much of planet earth is water?
The Earth's total surface is 80% water and only 2.5% is fresh water.
What water is 2 percent?
About 2 percent of the planet's water is fresh.
What percentage of the earth's water is fresh water?
only 3% is fresh water
How much salinity is in fresh water?
I don't know how much salinity is in fresh water.
What percent of all the water on the planet is fresh water?
Please rephrase - question does not make sense
How much fresh water is there on Earth.?
3% of the earths water, is fresh water
What is the percentage of water is fresh water?
About 3 percent (2.75%) of the total water on Earth is fresh water, and as much as 75% of that is locked up as ice in glaciers and polar caps. Most of the rest is ground water. The water vapor in the air constitutes 4 times as much water as all of the surface freshwater on the planet (0.04 % vs 0.01 %).
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 are the result of Which freezes faster salt water or fresh water?
Fresh water freezes much much quicker.
How much of the earths water is fresh water and how much is for drinking?
3% is fresh, but 1% is for drinking.
Where does all fresh water come from?
From the sky (as snow, rain or mist/fog). Note the planet Earth has a WATER CYCLE, fresh water production is part of this cycle.
What does earth wind fire and water represent?
It could mean how much fresh water we have. Or how it's part of mother nature meaning what helps our planet to help us survive.
