Sponsored by: By choosing to build from a pre-drawn plan â as opposed to hiring a residential architect to create a custom home â you've already taken a big step toward building a great home at the right price. But not all pre-drawn plans cost the same to build. You can still keep costs down and have a beautiful home by keeping several principles in mind. First, and most obviously, a larger home costs more to build and more to heat, cool, and maintain. That's why you'll find many smaller homes in this collection.
Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface; the oceans contain 96.5% of the Earth's water. The Antarctic ice sheet, which contains 61% of all fresh water on Earth, is visible at the bottom. Condensed atmospheric water can be seen as clouds, contributing to the Earth's albedo.
Quora. Dec 2016 about 71 percent of the earth's surface is water covered, and oceans hold 96. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, rivers and lakes, icecaps glaciers, ground soil moisture aquifers, even you your dog. Googleusercontent search. Over 68 percent of the fresh water on earth is found in icecaps and glaciers, just over 30 ground. The water in the world (pdf) united states environmental facts worldwide weighing earth's from space feature articles.