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Q: Why is it only 3 percent freshwater?
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How much freshwater is in earth lakes?

Not very much. Freshwater makes up only about 2% of the entire Earth.


What percent of freshwater is usable?

3%


Does the Yangtze river contain 20 percent of the planets surface fresh water?

No, all the freshwater rivers out together in the world only make up 3% of the world's freshwater!


Why earth have only 3 percent of freshwater?

It is a result of how the earth has evolved over the last four billion years or thereabouts!


Where is the majority of freshwater on earth?

Ice is technically freshwater so in glaciers, and some lakes or ponds are freshwater.


What is 70 percent of Earth's freshwater?

In a way, 72% of Earth approx. is covered in water. Only 3% is freshwater. So only 4% of earth is freshwater. 2/3 of that 3% is locked in ice caps. So 2.7% of earths water is frozen. Only .75% of Earths water is in rivers. That is hardly 1% of space on Earth. The rest is frozen in Glaciers, which is .25%. Only .03% of Earth is made up of Glacial ice.


What percent of the earth is covered by freshwater?

11 percent is fresh water. The other 88 percent is polluted with semen.


How much of the earth is covered by freshwater?

Out of all the water on Earth, only 2.75 percent is fresh water, including 2.05 percent frozen in glaciers, 0.68 percent as groundwater and 0.011 percent of it as surface water in lakes and rivers.


What percent of the Earth's surface is covered with freshwater?

around 70 something percent but im not sure so anyone else should edit it to give u a more exact answer dude u were like SO wrong its not even funny only like 3% of earths water is freshwater there u go 70% is way off she/he was talking about FRESHWATER


Where is 3 percent freshwater found?

97% of water on the Earth is salt water, and only 3% is fresh water of which slightly over two thirds is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.


Why are clouds considered to be part of the hydrosphere?

It's because they have 97 percent of salted water and 2 percent of iced water and only 1 percent of freshwater


Why are clouds considered to be a part of the hydrosphere?

It's because they have 97 percent of salted water and 2 percent of iced water and only 1 percent of freshwater