ESS
Grade-10
Easy

Question

What is the percentage of Earth’s freshwater?

  1. 2%
  2. 5%
  3. 3%
  4. 10%

hintHint:

A lot of water is available but is not drinkable.

The correct answer is: 3%


    • 3% of Earth's water is fresh.
    • 2.5% of the earth's fresh water is unavailable.
    • Locked up in glaciers, polar ice caps, atmosphere, and soil; highly polluted; or lies too far under the earth's surface to be extracted at an affordable cost.
    • 0.5% of the earth's water is available as fresh water.
    • So, the correct option is c.

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