2007-11-14 01:37:16 · 9 answers · asked by Tanmay B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
About 97 percent of all water is in the oceans. About three percent of all Earth's water that is freshwater. The majority, about 69 percent, is locked up in glaciers and icecaps, mainly in Greenland and Antarctica.
You might be surprised that of the remaining freshwater, almost all of it is below your feet, as ground water. No matter where on Earth you are standing, chances are that, at some depth, the ground below you is saturated with water. Of all the freshwater on Earth, only about 0.3 percent is contained in rivers and lakes—yet rivers and lakes are not only the water we are most familiar with, it is also where most of the water we use in our everyday lives exists.
2007-11-14 02:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by DanE 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Man, there are some real winners in here.
It is ANTARCTICA, without a doubt. It contains roughly 70% of the freshwater on Earth. It simply has such a large volume of ice (come on, it is on average a mile thick).
To whoever said that salt water makes up most of the water: obviously, but this is asking which continent has the most fresh water.
2007-11-14 05:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
North America
2007-11-14 01:44:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The most fresh water would be located in Canada which is in North America
2007-11-14 04:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by gordon_benbow 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
lake Baikal in Siberia has 10 to 20% of the worlds fresh water. if you include ice that might change things. so Asia is my answer.
2007-11-14 05:43:01 · answer #5 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Antarctica.
2007-11-14 01:40:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
antarctica the largest source of fresh water is frozen.
2007-11-14 07:30:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
south america
2007-11-14 01:46:51 · answer #8 · answered by Andy 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
antartica
2015-12-16 22:34:16 · answer #9 · answered by binoy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋