Answer» - Nearly 97% of all the water on the earth is in the oceans, and so only about 3% is freshwater.
- About 2% of this fresh water is permanently frozen in glaciers and at the polar ice caps.
- Thus only about 1% is available fresh water.
- Again about 1/4 of this 1% is present as underground water.
- Only about 0.009% of water on earth is in the rivers and lakes.
- Rest is present in the bodies of living organisms, as soil moisture, as humidity of atmosphere, etc.
- Water is the most essential, abundant substance in living things.
- The human body, for example, is composed of about 70% of water.
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