What is about 7/10 of earth's fresh water?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-23T00:10:23

About #70%# of the earth's fresh water is frozen in glaciers and in the two polar ice caps.

About #71%# of the surface of the earth is covered in water.

Most of that #(97%)# is #"salt"# water in the oceans and seas.

But there is a little bit of #"fresh"# water too.
Only about #3%# of all the water on earth is #"fresh"# water.

#"Fresh"# water is found underground, or in lakes and rivers.

But the vast majority of the earth's #"fresh"# water is in the ice caps of the North and South poles.

These frozen ice sheets contain about #70%# of all the fresh water in the world.

Here's an image showing the relative amounts of water on earth