What percentage of the Earth's land is Antarctica?

Answer 1

The continent of Antarctica covers about 10% of the earth's surface. It is about as large as USA and Mexico, combined.

Answer 2

Zero percent of Antarctica is arable. It is permanently covered with ice. Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -70 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. Antarctica has some of the strongest winds on earth, with some winds reaching 320 kph.

Answer 3

The only plant life on Antarctica is around the coastal areas. There are microscopic single cell plants called phytoplankton that live and multiply in water, and mosses, lichens and algae that can live under the snow and ice.

Answer 4

Antarctica covers about 10% of the earth's surface.

Answer 5

Since Antarctica is a continent, 100% of it is land.

Answer 6

Antarctica covers about 10% of the earth's surface.

Answer 7

Antarctica covers about 10% of the earth's surface.

Answer 8

Antarctica covers about 10% of the earth's surface.