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2007-08-28 03:08:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
RAIN it's free of all pollutants...evaporation cleanses.
2007-08-28 03:14:11 · answer #1 · answered by riverrat15666 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The worlds largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Russia with 23000 cubic km of water or 20% of earths surface freshwater (surface freshwater is unfrozen water that is easily accessible). It is about 636 km long and 80 km wide (small on a map but still the largest freshwater lake in asia as far as surface area ) but is about 2 km deep and under that is 7 km of water saturated sediment for a total of 9 km deep. The sediment is considered part of the lake because the sides of the lake are bedrock as it is in a fault line rift valley. Of the 1550 species of animals, about 80% live only in lake baikal.
In short:
The largest source of surface water is Lake Baikal.
The largest source of frozen water is Antarctica.
2007-08-28 10:37:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Antarctic Icecap is the largest supply of fresh water, representing nearly 2% of the world's total of fresh and salt water. The amount of water in our atmosphere is over 10 times as much as the water in all the rivers taken together. The fresh water actually available for human use in lakes and rivers and the accessible ground water amount to only about one-third of 1% of the world's total water supply.
2007-08-28 10:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lake Victoria in Africa is the world's largest fresh water lake. The Amazon is the largest (in terms of volume) producer of fresh water.
2007-08-28 10:17:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always thought the Great Lakes were the biggest source of fresh water.
The Great Lakes have 5 large fresh water lakes connected.
2007-08-28 10:15:02 · answer #5 · answered by Brian M 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
excluding the combined great lakes of north america it is lake baikal in siberia which contains 10% of the worlds fresh water.
2007-08-28 10:47:06 · answer #6 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antarctica has the most fresh water but its frozen, global warming will unfreeze it but it needs to be caught somehow to keep it from going into the ocean.
2007-08-28 10:13:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the great lakes are the biggest polluted fresh water source but the only unpolluted fresh water source is the slowly melting icecaps
2007-08-28 10:18:00 · answer #8 · answered by vidkid234 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The great lakes in Canada
2007-08-28 10:15:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The polar ice caps specificly Antartica. Or if you want a country its Canada
2007-08-28 10:13:09 · answer #10 · answered by Phily310 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mineral from Caves
2007-08-28 10:14:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋