Global Distribution of Water Where is Earth’s Water? Global Distribution of Water

Where is Earth’s Water? The Earth’s hydrosphere includes all the water in the atmosphere, on the surface, and underground.

Where is Earth’s Water? oceans – 96.5% freshwater – 2.5% saline lakes and groundwater – 1%

Where is Earth’s Water? glaciers and ice caps – 68.6% groundwater – 30.1% surface water – 1.3%

Where is Earth’s Water? ice and snow – 73.1% lakes – 20.1% Less than 1% of the Earth’s freshwater is usable. ice and snow – 73.1% lakes – 20.1% rivers – 0.46%

How Much Water? This sphere represents ALL the water on Earth (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, ice caps, atmospheric water, even the water in you and every living thing on Earth). This sphere represents ALL the freshwater on the planet (lakes, rivers, swamps, etc.). Much of which isn’t accessible by humans. This sphere represents ALL the surface water on the planet, found in lakes, rivers, etc. This is the water almost all life on Earth depends on. INFO