alleryIce caps, glaciers and permanent snow hold about what share of Earth's water?
AAbout 7 percent
BAbout 17 percent
CAbout 1.7 percent
DAbout 27 percent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. About 1.7 percent
1. Ice caps, glaciers and permanent snowpack hold 24,064,000 cubic km of water.
2. This is only about 1.7 percent of the total volume.
3. Larger figures wrongly make frozen water a big share; most water is salty ocean water.
_Source: Wikipedia, Water cycle, Water in storage_
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