How much of the earth's water is fresh water? and all the fresh water found on Earth, how much of it is ice and snow at the poles?
2007-08-28 21:35:02 · 2 answers · asked by Peatar 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
1.52%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
2007-08-28 21:46:38 · answer #1 · answered by safrodin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saprodin's link says....
] About 97.5% of the water is saline, while the remaining 2.5% is fresh water. The majority of the fresh water, about 68.7%, is currently in the form of ice.[54]
this was illustrated on the news last night while they were telling us to cut water use!!.... they had a bucket, about two and a half gallons, full of water....to show how much of that bucket (if the bucket was all the water on Earth) of water would be fresh water, they dipped in a tablespoon and said that was how much would be fresh water!!!.... I didn't quite buy that, because I think they're not counting the aquifers underground.... but, maybe they are... anyways, it was a pretty good way to shock the people who are wasting so much water while we're in a drought situation!!....(NC)
2007-08-29 02:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋