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    - Only 3% of water on Earth is freshwater, while 97% is saltwater found in oceans. - Of the planet's freshwater, 69% is stored as icecaps and glaciers, 30% is underground as groundwater, and less than 1% is located in lakes, rivers, and swamps. - Groundwater is found underground in spaces in rock and soil, while surface water is found on land such as in rivers, lakes, and wetlands.

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    - Only 3% of water on Earth is freshwater, while 97% is saltwater found in oceans. - Of the planet's freshwater, 69% is stored as icecaps and glaciers, 30% is underground as groundwater, and less than 1% is located in lakes, rivers, and swamps. - Groundwater is found underground in spaces in rock and soil, while surface water is found on land such as in rivers, lakes, and wetlands.

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    - Only 3% of water on Earth is freshwater, while 97% is saltwater found in oceans. - Of the planet's freshwater, 69% is stored as icecaps and glaciers, 30% is underground as groundwater, and less than 1% is located in lakes, rivers, and swamps. - Groundwater is found underground in spaces in rock and soil, while surface water is found on land such as in rivers, lakes, and wetlands.

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    DISTRIBUTION

    OF WATER ON
    EARTH
    WHAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION
    OF WATER ON EARTH?

    The distribution of water on the Earth's surface is extremely uneven. Only 3%


    of water on the surface is fresh; the remaining 97% resides in the ocean. Of
    freshwater, 69% resides in glaciers, 30% underground, and less than 1% is
    located in lakes, rivers, and swamps.
    EARTH’S
    WATER
    3%
    Salt Water

    Fresh
    Water

    97%
    SALTWATER

    Salt water , is a geological term that refers to naturally occurring


    solutions containing large concentrations of dissolved, inorganic
    ions. ... Other natural waters can also be salty, sometimes
    containing much larger concentrations of salt than the oceans
    FRESHWATER

    Fresh water is any naturally occurring water except seawater


    and brackish water. Fresh water includes water in ice sheets, ice
    caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, and
    even underground water called groundwater.
    FRESH WATER
    0.90% 0.30%
    Icecaps and
    Glaciers
    Ground Water
    30.10%
    other
    68.70%
    Surface Water
    ICECAPS AND GLACIERS

    An ice cap is a glacier, a thick layer of ice and snow, that covers
    fewer than 50,000 square kilometers (19,000 square
    miles). Glacial ice covering more than 50,000 square kilometers
    (19,000 square miles) is called an ice sheet. An interconnected
    series of ice caps and glaciers is called an ice field.
    GROUND WATER

    Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and


    spaces in soil, sand and rock. It is stored in and moves slowly
    through geologic formations of soil, sand and rocks called
    aquifers.
    SURFACE WATER

    Surface water is water on the surface of continents such as in a


    river, lake, or wetland. It can be contrasted with groundwater and
    atmospheric water. Non-salinesurface water uses is replenished
    by precipitation and by recruitment from ground-water.
    FRESH SURFACE WATER
    2%

    11%
    Rivers
    Swamps
    Lakes

    87%
    SURFACE WATER

    River
    A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater,
    flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some
    cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end
    of its course without reaching another body of water.
    SURFACE WATER

    Swamps
    An area of low-lying land that is frequently flooded,
    especially one dominated by woody plants. b. A
    lowland region saturated with water. 2. A situation or
    place fraught with difficulties and imponderables
    SURFACE WATER

    Lake
    Lakes are large bodies of water that are surrounded by land and
    are not part of an ocean. Lakes are relatively still bodies of
    water when compared to a river where the water flows. They can
    contain either salt or fresh water and are larger than ponds.

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