SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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atmosphere
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rivers and lakes
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underground
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ice and glaciers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Glaciers and polar ice caps store the maximum percentage of freshwater (69%), followed by ground water (30%), followed by rivers (0.33%), and lastly, the atmosphere (0.035%). Q.
Detailed explanation-2: -And, of the total freshwater, over 68 percent is locked up in ice and glaciers. Another 30 percent of freshwater is in the ground.
Detailed explanation-3: -As these charts and the data table show, the amount of water locked up in ice and snow is only about 1.7 percent of all water on Earth, but the majority of total freshwater on Earth, about 68.7 percent, is held in ice caps and glaciers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Approximately 69 percent of Earth’s freshwater is locked away in the form of ice in glaciers and polar ice caps, and another 30 percent of Earth’s freshwater is under the surface in the form of groundwater.
Detailed explanation-5: -∙ A total of about 68.7% of all the fresh water of earth exists as ice caps and glaciers.