Distribution of Water on Earth

&
Various Resources on Earth
• Can you name the five
world oceans?
 World’s Oceans

• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Indian
• Arctic
• Southern
 How is water distributed on the
Earth?
 96.5% of the world’s Water
supply is ocean (salt water).
 2.5 % of freshwater
 0.9% other saline water
How is freshwater
distributed?
  68.7 % glaciers and polar caps
Glacier
 a slowly moving
mass or river of
ice formed by the
accumulation
and compaction
of snow on
mountains or
near the poles.
Polar ice caps
 are dome-
shaped sheets
of ice found
near the North
and South
Poles.
 30.1 % groundwater
 water that collects
between bits of rock and
soil.
 How does groundwater reach
the Earth’s surface?
• Water may
reach the
surface
through wells,
springs or
geysers.
 1.2 % surface water
 water that
collects on
the surface
of the
ground.
How is surface water
distributed?
 69 % ground ice and permafrost

 a general term
referring to all
types of ice
contained in
freezing and
frozen ground.
Frozen ground
or permafrost.
  20.9 % lakes
 an area filled with
water, localized in
a basin, that is
surrounded by
land, apart from
any river or other
outlet that serves
to feed or drain
the lake
 3.8 % soil moisture
• is a key variable in
controlling the
exchange of water
and heat energy
between the land
surface and the
atmosphere through
evaporation and
plant transpiration.
 3 % atmosphere
 Nearly all of
the water is located
in the lowest layer
of the atmosphere,
the troposphere.
Water is present in
variable amounts in
the atmosphere,
from 0 % to 4 %.
 2.6 % swamps and marshes
Swamp
 is a wetland that is
forested. Many
swamps occur along
large rivers where
they are critically
dependent upon
natural water level
fluctuations.
Marshes
 a wetland that is
dominated by
herbaceous rather
than woody plant
species. Marshes can
often be found at the
edges of lakes and
streams, where they
form a transition
between the aquatic
and terrestrial
ecosystems
Let’s sum it up!