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What percent of the earth's available water is fresh water?

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This is about how much of the earth's surface is covered with water. The oceans contains about this percentage of all the water on earth. This is the approximate amount of the earth's water that is available as fresh water. read more

Measure of how salty the water is. Freshwater should have very little salt, but ocean water has a lot. read more

Below are two representations of where Earth's water resides. The left-side bar chart shows how almost all of Earth's water is saline and is found in the oceans. Of the small amount that is actually freshwater, only a relatively small portion is available to sustain human, plant, and animal life. read more

Over 68 percent of the fresh water on Earth is found in icecaps and glaciers, and just over 30 percent is found in ground water. Only about 0.3 percent of our fresh water is found in the surface water of lakes, rivers, and swamps. read more

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