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Approximately 70% of Earth's freshwater is located in ice caps and glaciers, mainly in Antarctica and Greenland. This frozen freshwater is not readily accessible for human use.
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What is the percent ratio of freshwater to percent saltwater on Earth?
Freshwater makes up about 2.5% of the total water on Earth, while saltwater makes up about 97.5%.
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.
Water cover of the earths surface 20 percent 30 percent 50 percent 70 percent?
Water covers about 70 percent of the Earth's surface.
What percent of the water on earth is frozen freshwater?
Approximately 68.7% of the freshwater on Earth is frozen in polar ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow.
What covrrs 70 percent of the Earth's surface?
Water covers 70% of the Earth's surface.
