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Question
Seas and oceans are full of water on earth. However, a very small percentage of water present on earth is available for us. This percentage is roughly
Options
0.006%
0.06%
0.6%
6%
Solution
0.6%
Explanation:
About 97.4% of the total water on earth is in the seas and oceans. About 2% of water is frozen in glaciers and in polar ice caps. The remaining i.e., only 0.6% is available as freshwater in the liquid form. Even out of this 0.59% is present as groundwater and only 0.01% is available as fresh water on the surface of the earth.
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