What percentage of earth is covered by water?

Answer 1

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.

The oceans contain 96.5% of all water.

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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

Answer 2

97% of the water on Earth is in the ocean, or saltwater. 3% is freshwater. (Of the 3% that is fresh, about 70% is locked up as ice in ice caps and glaciers.)97% of the Earths water is probably saltwater

Answer 3

The earth is covered by water in 3/4 th parts.

Answer 4

For the entire United States, the area is 7 percent covered by water. Michigan has the highest percentage at 41.5 percent water.

Answer 5

About 70 percent of the surface of the world is covered with water. Most of this water is salt or sea water.

Answer 6

Approximately 2/3 or 66% of the Earth's surface is covered by water.

About 1/50 of the mass of the earth is water