The volume of freshwater resources is around 35 million km3, or about 2.5% of the total volume.

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The total volume of water on Earth is about 1.4 billion km3.

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Of these freshwater resources, about 24 million km3 or 70% is in the form of ice and permanent snow cover in mountainous regions, the Antarctic and Arctic regions.

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