What is the percentage of earth surface which is covered by water?

65

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80

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70

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97

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The correct option is C $70$ %
About 71 % of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 % of all Earth's water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers.

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