|
Water
volume, in cubic miles |
Water
volume,
in
cubic
kilometers |
Percent of
freshwater |
Percent of total water |
| Oceans, Seas,
& Bays |
321,000,000 |
1,338,000,000 |
-- |
96.5 |
| Ice caps, Glaciers, & Permanent Snow |
5,773,000 |
24,064,000 |
68.7 |
1.74 |
| Groundwater |
5,614,000 |
23,400,000 |
-- |
1.7 |
| Fresh |
2,526,000 |
10,530,000 |
30.1 |
0.76 |
| Saline |
3,088,000 |
12,870,000 |
-- |
0.94 |
| Soil Moisture |
3,959 |
16,500 |
0.05 |
0.001 |
| Ground Ice
& Permafrost |
71,970 |
300,000 |
0.86 |
0.022 |
| Lakes |
42,320 |
176,400 |
-- |
0.013 |
| Fresh |
21,830 |
91,000 |
0.26 |
0.007 |
| Saline |
20,490 |
85,400 |
-- |
0.006 |
| Atmosphere |
3,095 |
12,900 |
0.04 |
0.001 |
| Swamp Water |
2,752 |
11,470 |
0.03 |
0.0008 |
| Rivers |
509 |
2,120 |
0.006 |
0.0002 |
| Biological Water |
269 |
1,120 |
0.003 |
0.0001 |
| Total |
332,500,000 |
1,386,000,000 |
- |
100 |
| Source: Gleick, P. H., 1996: Water resources. In Encyclopedia of Climate
and Weather, ed. by S. H.
Schneider, Oxford University Press, New York, vol. 2, pp.817-823.
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