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What percent of fresh water is found on earth?


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  • About 3%of fresh water is found on earth.
  • The oceans contain 97.3% of all water sources on the Earth.
  • Thus, the percentage of freshwater sources is only 2.7%. Of all the freshwater sources, only 2.9% of it is available to us in the form of freshwater lakes, rivers, and groundwater.

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