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D. Answer the following questions briefly:
1. Why is it not possible to use all the water found
on the Earth's surface directly?
2. What is the percentage of fresh water on the
Earth?
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3. Which continent does the Amazon River drain?
4. Which strait separates India and Sri Lanka?
Answers
Answer:
1. Oceans, which are the largest source of surface water, comprise approximately 97 percent of the Earth's surface water. However, since the oceans have high salinity, the water is not useful as drinking water. Efforts have been made to remove the salt from the water (desalination), but this is a very costly endeavor.
2. Water covers about 71% of the earth's surface. 97% of the earth's water is found in the oceans (too salty for drinking, growing crops, and most industrial uses except cooling). 3% of the earth's water is fresh.
3. The Amazon River is located in the northern portion of South America, flowing from west to east. The river system originates in the Andes Mountains of Peru and travels through Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Brazil before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Palk Strait
Palk Strait, inlet of the Bay of Bengal between southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka. It is bounded on the south by Pamban Island (India), Adam's (Rama's) Bridge (a chain of shoals), the Gulf of Mannar, and Mannar Island (Sri Lanka).
Answer:
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Explanation:
(1)our Earth is covered by water and most of it salty kind found in seas and oceans. Oceans which are the largest source of surface water. However, the oceans have high salinity and this water is not useful as drinking water.
Hence, efforts are made to remove the salt from the water but this is a very costly endeavor.
(2)water covers 71% of the earth surface but only 3%of earth water is fresh for drinking
.(3)south America continent
(4)Palk strait separates India and Sri Lanka
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