More than 70% of world fresh water is contained in

Options

A. antarctica
B. greenland
C. glaciers and mountains
D. polar ice

Answer

D

Explanation

(d) Three fourth surface of earth (about 71% of total) is occupied by oceans which contain 97.5 % of total water. This is marine water with about 3.5% salt contents. Rest water, i.e. 2.5% is freshwater which occurs on land. Most amount of this water (about 1.97%) occurs as Frozen ice caps and glaciers and 0.5% fresh water occurs as ground water.