most of the earth's fresh water is found in precipitation.
most of the earth's fresh water is found in precipitation.
most of the earth's fresh water is found in what country?
precipitation
russia has thousands of rivers and inland bodies of water, providing it with one of the world's largest surface water resources. its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's liquid fresh water. the largest and most prominent of russia's bodies of fresh water is lake baikal, the world's deepest, purest, oldest and most capacious fresh water lake. baikal alone contains over one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water. other major lakes include ladoga and onega, two of the largest lakes in europe. russia is second only to brazil in volume of the total renewable water resources. of the country's 100,000 rivers, the volga is the most famous, not only because it is the longest river in europe, but also because of its major role in russian history. the siberian rivers ob, yenisey, lena and amur are among the longest rivers in the world.
russia
saline water in oceans, seas and saline groundwater make up about 97% of all the water on earth. only 2.5–2.75% is fresh water, including 1.75–2% frozen in glaciers, ice and snow, 0.5–0.75% as fresh groundwater and soil moisture, and less than 0.01% of it as surface water in lakes, swamps and rivers. freshwater lakes contain about 87% of this fresh surface water, including 29% in the african great lakes, 22% in lake baikal in russia, 21% in the north american great lakes, and 14% in other lakes. swamps have most of the balance with only a small amount in rivers, most notably the amazon river. the atmosphere contains 0.04% water. in areas with no fresh water on the ground surface, fresh water derived from precipitation may, because of its lower density, overlie saline ground water in lenses or layers. most of the world's fresh water is frozen in ice sheets. many areas suffer from lack of distribution of fresh water, such as deserts.
fresh water