Water storage

• lithosphere


  water is stored within rock which is 0.7% of all water
• biosphere


  regions of the earth which is occupied by living organisms which stores less than 1% of water
• hydrosphere


  water on the surface of the planet which makes up 97% of total water
• cryosphere


  frozen areas on the planet which contains 69% of global freshwater
• atmosphere


  layers of gases surrounding the planet which contains 0.001% of total water
• aquifer


  vast underground reservoir of water
• unconfined 


  where porous rock is open to surface water and directly recharged by precipitation
• confined 


  there are thick layers of over the aquifer known as confining beds