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Almost 80 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. |
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There are 362 trillion gallons of water on Earth. |
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Without water, the Earth would look like the moon! |
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About 3 percent of all the water on Earth is freshwater. But only 1 percent is freshwater we can use for drinking, bathing and other purposes. |
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The other 2 percent of the freshwater is glacier ice at the North and South Poles. It is frozen and too far away from where people live to be able to use it. |
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About 97 percent of the water on Earth is saltwater. We cannot drink this water. It's very difficult and expensive to remove the salt. |
