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• 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 ...
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.
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.
When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...
Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...
As of December 2015, the confirmed liquid water in the Solar System outside Earth is 25-50 times the volume of Earth’s water (1.3 billion cubic kilometers). The locations of subsurface oceans are on ...
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 ...
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).