Water distribution on Earth
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title:
Water distribution on Earth
text:
Most water in Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from saline seawater, while fresh water accounts for nearly 1% of the total. The vast bulk of the water on Earth is saline or salt water, with an average salinity of 35‰, though this varies slightly according to the amount of runoff received from surrounding land. In all, water from oceans and marginal seas, saline groundwater and water from saline closed lakes amount to over 97% of the water on Earth, though no closed lake stores a globally signi
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encyclopedia
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Overview of the distribution of water on planet Earth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_distribution_on_Earth
date created:
2006-08-04T17:24:30Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T05:00:03Z
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