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GS Geography Physical Geography of World
Q.

What percentage of world’s freshwater is stored as glacial ice?

Explanation:

ANS. (C) 
About 70% of the world’s fresh water is stored as glacial ice. Only 3% water of the earth is fresh, rest 97% salted. Of that 3%, over 2% is frozen in ice sheets and glaciers. Means less than 1% fresh water is found in lakes, rivers and underground.

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