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What percentage of Earth's freshwater is frozen in glaciers and ice caps?

Past stat · 2026-06-28 UTC

The answer

Most of the planet's freshwater isn't sitting in lakes or rivers — it's frozen solid, mostly in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, accounting for roughly two-thirds of the total.

Correct answer: About 68%

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