don't believe that it is less than 3% as said on another answer, my answer is a professional one that came from explorelearning.com on the water cycle gizmo, the answer is 0.009%.
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∙ 12y agoOnly about 0.009% of Earth's total water supply is found in lakes. Most of the planet's water is in the form of saltwater in oceans.
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∙ 10y agoyo face
Lakes contain about 0.4% of the Earth's water. The majority of Earth's water is found in oceans, with only a small fraction in lakes, rivers, and streams.
The majority of water on Earth is stored in the oceans, which contain about 97% of the Earth's water. The remaining water is mostly found in ice caps and glaciers, with a small percentage found in rivers, lakes, and underground aquifers.
Approximately 0.3% of Earth's water is usable by humans, with the majority being found in groundwater, rivers, and freshwater lakes. The rest is stored in oceans, ice caps, and glaciers.
Water on Earth can be found in oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, ice caps, groundwater, and as vapor in the atmosphere.
Roughly 0.3% of Earth's fresh water is found in surface water like rivers, lakes, and streams. The majority of Earth's fresh water is actually stored in ice caps and glaciers.
Lakes contain about 0.4% of the Earth's water. The majority of Earth's water is found in oceans, with only a small fraction in lakes, rivers, and streams.
Approximately 97% of Earth's water is found in the oceans, while the remaining 3% is found in glaciers, groundwater, lakes, rivers, and in the atmosphere.
The majority of water on Earth is stored in the oceans, which contain about 97% of the Earth's water. The remaining water is mostly found in ice caps and glaciers, with a small percentage found in rivers, lakes, and underground aquifers.
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Less than 3%
Surface water is found in lakes, streams, ponds, wetlands, and oceans.
Approximately 0.3% of Earth's water is usable by humans, with the majority being found in groundwater, rivers, and freshwater lakes. The rest is stored in oceans, ice caps, and glaciers.
Water on Earth can be found in oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, ice caps, groundwater, and as vapor in the atmosphere.
in lakes, ponds, rivers ,and streams
3%
Roughly 4% of Earth's water is considered dirty or contaminated. This includes water found in polluted rivers, lakes, and groundwater sources that have been impacted by human activities such as industrial pollution or agriculture runoff.
Most of the water on Earth is in the form of liquid water, found in oceans, lakes, rivers, and groundwater.