Thursday 2 June 2016

Did You Know That ... Earth is covered by water ... But how much freshwater do we have ?!

Did You Know That ...

Earth is covered mostly by water and is oftene compared to a majestic blue marble !

Water itself is not blue , but it gives off blue light upon reflection !
Water covers over 71 % of the earth surface .
96.5 % is contained as salt water and only 3.4 % as freshwater (69 % of it is iced)

The question is :

How much of our planet is made of freshwater ?!

See the picture ... And read the bottom !

 1,386 million cubic kilometers (km3) in volume of Fresh Water located to our planet


Google to get more information - You will need it 

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