Table 18.1 THE WORLD'S WATER SUPPLY (SELECTED EXAMPLES) SURFACE AREA WATER VOLUME (KM²) PERCENTAGE TOTAL WATER (KM) LOCATION Oceans Atmosphere Rivers and streams Groundwater (shallow to depth of 0.8 km) Lakes (freshwater) Ice caps and glaciers Source: U.S. Geological Survey 361,000,000 510,000,000 130,000,000 855,000 28,200,000 1,230,000,000 12,700 1,200 4,000,000 123,000 28,600,000 97.2 0.001 0.0001 0.31 0.01 2.15 ESTIMATED AVERAGE RESIDENCE TIME OF WATER Thousands of years 9 days 2 weeks Hundreds to many thousands of years Tens of years Tens of thousands of years and longer Volumetric Flowrate, km³/year Velocity, km/year
Table 18.1 THE WORLD'S WATER SUPPLY (SELECTED EXAMPLES) SURFACE AREA WATER VOLUME (KM²) PERCENTAGE TOTAL WATER (KM) LOCATION Oceans Atmosphere Rivers and streams Groundwater (shallow to depth of 0.8 km) Lakes (freshwater) Ice caps and glaciers Source: U.S. Geological Survey 361,000,000 510,000,000 130,000,000 855,000 28,200,000 1,230,000,000 12,700 1,200 4,000,000 123,000 28,600,000 97.2 0.001 0.0001 0.31 0.01 2.15 ESTIMATED AVERAGE RESIDENCE TIME OF WATER Thousands of years 9 days 2 weeks Hundreds to many thousands of years Tens of years Tens of thousands of years and longer Volumetric Flowrate, km³/year Velocity, km/year
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