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    How much water is on the earth?

    Question #54566. Asked by devilishman. (Jan 29 05 2:41 PM)


    TheuntouchablE

    		Water takes over 85% of the Earth's surface.

    Water is the most abundant and important substance on Earth. It is essential to life and is a major component of all living things. There is approximately 336,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water on the earth, existing in three states; solid, liquid and gas.
    http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/atmos/ll_water.htm


    [Edited to add reference - McG]

    Jan 29 05, 3:03 PM

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