FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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of freshwater on Earth is “locked away” in what water source location?
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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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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -About three-quarters of Earth’s freshwater is stored in glaciers. Therefore, glacier ice is the second largest reservoir of water on Earth and the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth!
Detailed explanation-2: -Our freshwater is locked up in the Antarctic Ice Sheet. About 71% of the Earth is covered in water.
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.
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