The percentage of earth's water found in the oceans is ______.

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 01 Dec 2022 Shift 4)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 97.2 per cent.

Key Points

97.3 per cent of the water on earth is found in the oceans.
The ice caps contain 2% of the world's water.
0.68 per cent of all water comes from groundwater.
Rivers make up less than 0.0001 % of all water.
In comparison to inland seas and salt lakes, freshwater lakes contain 0.009% of the earth's water.
0.0019 per cent of the water on Earth is in the atmosphere.

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Additional Information

Fresh water sources:
- Water that seeps further into the soil through porous materials is known as groundwater.
- It fills cracks and pores in aquifers, or layers of subterranean rock.
- Some of this water is too deep underground to be retrieved at a reasonable price.
- Surface-water runoff is precipitation that drains into bodies of water including streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and reservoirs but does not seep into the earth or return to the atmosphere.
- The amount of water in 10 cm of snow is roughly equivalent to 1 cm of rain.