Most water in the solar system isn't on Earth. Here's how the amount of liquid water and ice on other planets and moons compares to our world. ... About one-tenth of 1% of Earth's volume is water.

• The volume of all water would be about 332.5 million cubic miles (mi3), or 1,386 million cubic kilometers (km3). A cubic mile of water equals more than 1.1 trillion gallons. A cubic kilometer ...

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

If it all fell as precipitation, it would cover the surface of Earth with about 1″ of water —The total volume of water which falls on the U.S. as precipitation on a given day is 4 cubic miles.

But most of Earth's water is deep underground: between one and ten times the volume of the oceans are contained in the mantle. At the surface of the Earth, "water" means two hydrogens for each ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

Imagine the Earth in your mind’s eye. Now round up all the water on the planet into a sphere (we’re talking oceans, icecaps, atmosphere, everything — even the water bound up in you and me).

Scientists have long debated whether the Earth's water was here when the planet formed or whether it arrived later. A study suggests much of the water originated in rocks from which Earth is built.