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2026-09-12 · All water on Earth

Almost none of Earth's water is a drink

The planet looks blue. Nearly all of that water is salt. Ice and groundwater take the next slices. One cell is every lake, river, cloud, and soil drop you might actually use.

How to read: 1 cell = 1.4 million km³ of Earth water (0.1% of Earth's water). 1,000 cells total.

Almost none of Earth's water is a drink. The planet looks blue. Nearly all of that water is salt. Ice and groundwater take the next slices. One cell is every lake, river, cloud, and soil drop you might actually use.

All 1000 cells. 1 cell = 1.4 million km³ of Earth water (0.1% of Earth's water). Hover or tap any square for details.

USGS Water Science School, distribution of Earth's water. Oceans ~96.5%, ice ~1.7%, groundwater ~1.7%, lakes/rivers/atmosphere/soil rounded into 1 cell of 1,000. Total volume ~1.386 billion km³.

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