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How much accessible fresh water is found on earth? Now find the odd one out - Rainwater Harvesting, Agricultural activity, Drip irrigation. [2 MARKS]

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Very little.Only 2.5% of all the water on Earth is fresh water and more than 97% is saltwater.Of this 2.5% of fresh water, more than two-thirds (68.7%) is frozen as snow and ice, and more than one-third is stored below ground as ground water

Agricultural activity. Rainwater Harvesting and Drip irrigation are methods to conserve water whereas Agricultural activity use a lot of water and pose a threat to water as a resource.


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