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Freshwater of the Earth is only


The earth surface is covered with 77% water and 23% land area. Most of the water resources on the earth's surface are in the oceans and hence cannot be used. The most proportion of the freshwater is in the form of frozen ice caps in the poles. Thus only 0.03% of the water resources are available as potable water.

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