WATER

✅ Sources of fresh water→ Rivers, ponds, springs and glaciers

 

▪️Distribution of Water Bodies 

 

1. Oceans = 97.3%→ Saline Water

🔸Fresh Water

 

2. Ice – caps = 2% 

 

3. Ground – Water = 0.68% 

 

4. Fresh Water lakes = 0.009% 

 

5. Inland seas and salt lakes = 0.009%

 

6. Atmosphere = 0.0019%

 

7. Rivers = 0.0001%  

  

✅Salinity is the amount of salt in grams present in 1000 grams of water.

 

✅Average salinity of oceans = 35 parts per thousand

 

✅Dead Sea→ Israel: Salinity – 45 parts per thousand. 

🔸Swimmers can float in it  

because the increased salt content makes it dense.

#geography 

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