EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -4. 2.0% of freshwater is found in ice caps and glaciers, 0.75% of freshwater is in the ground as groundwater, 0.009% in freshwater lakes, 0.001% in the atmosphere, 0.0001% in the rivers. 5. Nowadays, groundwater is used as the main source of water in major cities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Groundwater accounts for 0.68 percent of total water. Rivers account for 0.0001 percent of the total water. Freshwater lakes make up 0.009 percent of water while inland seas and salt lakes make up an equal percent of the earth’s water. The atmosphere, on the other, hand holds 0.0019 percent of earth’s water.

Detailed explanation-3: -About 1.7 percent of all of Earth’s water is groundwater and about 30.1 percent of freshwater on Earth occurs as groundwater. As the bar chart shows, about 5, 614, 000 cubic miles (mi3), or 23, 400, 000 cubic kilometers (km3), of groundwater exist on Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Groundwater makes up roughly 1.7 percent of all water on the planet, and it also makes up around 30.1 percent of all freshwater. On Earth, there are approximately 5, 614, 000 cubic miles of groundwater (23, 400, 000 cubic kilometers).