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Where the water actually is
Where the planet's water sits
Where the planet's water sits
Where the planet's water sits
Share of all Earth's water, by reservoir
Oceans
salt
96.5 %
Ice caps and glaciers
most of the fresh water
1.74 %
Groundwater
about half of it saline
1.69 %
Permafrost
0.022 %
Lakes
fresh and salt together
0.013 %
Soil moisture
0.001 %
Atmosphere
all the clouds, all the humidity
0.001 %
Rivers
every river on Earth
0 %
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%—percent of all water
The point
Every lake on Earth put together is a rounding error next to the ice. The water you can walk to is the water there is least of.
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