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What percentage of the world's water do rivers and lakes hold?
What percentage of the world's water do rivers and lakes hold?
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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. About 67% of freshwater is locked in the form of ice in glaciers and snow.
Groundwater accounts for 0.68 percent of total water. Rivers account for 0.0001 percent of the total water. Freshwater lakes have 0.009 percent of water while inland seas and salt lakers have an equal percent of the earth’s water. Atmosphere holds 0.0019 percent of earth’s water.
Rivers and lakes hold small percentage of the world’s water. According to the United States Geological Survey, rivers and lakes hold 0.3% of the world’s water.