Fact 13: how much water there in the world?

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  Fact 13: how much water is there in the world?



Now this answer may surprise you to know that this one estimate of global amount water according to this documant  on page 27 and NASA and Water Science School which state that this is only an estimate say there is about 332.5 million mi3      


   

Water source  : Water volume, in cubic miles

Oceans, Seas, & Bays : 321,000,000

Ice caps, Glaciers, & Permanent Snow : 5,773,000

Groundwater : 5,614,000

Fresh : 2,526,000

Saline (is a mixture of salt and water): 3,088,000

Soil Moisture (water in the soil) : 3,959

Ground Ice & Permafrost : 71,970

Lakes : 42,320

Fresh : 21,830

Saline : 20,490

Atmosphere : 3,095

Swamp Water: 2,752

Rivers : 509

Biological Water : 269





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