Question

Percentage of fresh water found in lakes, ponds, swamps, streams and rivers is

• A. 22.4%
• B. 77.2%
• C. 7.7%
• D. 0.3%

Answer 1

The correct option is D 0.3%

Percentage of fresh water found on earth Out of all the water the saline water in oceans, seas, and saline groundwater make up about 97% of it. Only 2.5–2.75% is fresh water, including 1.75–2% frozen in glaciers, ice, and snow, 0.5–0.75% as fresh groundwater and soil moisture, and less than 0.3% of it as surface water in lakes, swamps and rivers.

So the correct option is '0.3%’.