ECONOMICS
SCARCITY
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underground.
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in aquifers.
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in rivers and lakes.
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frozen, in ice caps and glaciers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the U.S. Geological Survey, most of that three percent is inaccessible. Over 68 percent of the fresh water on Earth is found in icecaps and glaciers, and just over 30 percent is found in ground water. Only about 0.3 percent of our fresh water is found in the surface water of lakes, rivers, and swamps.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the first bar, notice how only 2.5% of Earth’s water is freshwater-the amount needed for life to survive.
Detailed explanation-3: -Water covers approximately 71% of the earth’s surface. Only 3% of the available water is freshwater out of which only 1% of the world’s freshwater is found in rivers, ponds and lakes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fresh Water Around the World The Antarctic ice sheet holds about 90 percent of the fresh water that exists on the Earth’s surface. The ice sheet covers approximately 8.7 million square miles. The Greenland ice sheet also contains large volumes of fresh water.