1. Global Hydrological Cycle

• What are the two biggest stores of water on the planet?

  Oceans and Ice
• What % of all earths water is freshwater?

  2.5%
• How much freshwater is stored in glaciers?

  68.7%
• How much freshwater is stored in groundwater?

  30.1%
• How much freshwater is stored in permafrost?

  0.8%
• Surface and Atmospheric water stores 0.4% of all freshwater, and is made up of lakes, soil moisture, atmosphere, rivers and more
• How long can water be stored in groundwater for?

  up to 1000 years, the longest storage time of all of the stores