Water facts: The big picture
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Click on the tabs above for a statistical view of the world's water |
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 The Amazon River in Venezuela – a vast but remote freshwater supply |
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The amount of water on Earth is fixed. Less than 0.01% of the planet's 1.4 billion cubic kilometres is easily accessible freshwater in lakes and rivers. |
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