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Water (Chemical Formula: H O) Is A Transparent Fluid Which Forms The World's Streams, Lakes, Oceans and

Water is a transparent liquid that forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans, and rain. It is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom bonded together. On Earth, water exists in three states - liquid, solid (ice), and gas (water vapor). It is vital for all life on Earth. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, with the vast majority found in oceans and seas. Water is essential, yet nearly 1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water and over 2.5 billion lack adequate sanitation.

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Water (Chemical Formula: H O) Is A Transparent Fluid Which Forms The World's Streams, Lakes, Oceans and

Water is a transparent liquid that forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans, and rain. It is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom bonded together. On Earth, water exists in three states - liquid, solid (ice), and gas (water vapor). It is vital for all life on Earth. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, with the vast majority found in oceans and seas. Water is essential, yet nearly 1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water and over 2.5 billion lack adequate sanitation.

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Water (chemical formula: H2O) is a transparent fluid which forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans and

rain, and is the major constituent of the fluids of organisms. As a chemical compound, a water
molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Water is
a liquid at standard ambient temperature and pressure, but it often co-exists on Earth with
its solid state, ice; and gaseous state, steam (water vapor). It also exists as snow, fog, dew and cloud.
Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. [1] It is vital for all known forms of life. On Earth, 96.5% of the
planet's crust water is found in seas and oceans, 1.7% in groundwater, 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of
Antarctica and Greenland, a small fraction in other large water bodies, and 0.001% in
the air as vapor, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water suspended in air), and precipitation.[2][3] Only 2.5%
of this water is freshwater, and 98.8% of that water is in ice (excepting ice in clouds) and groundwater.
Less than 0.3% of all freshwater is in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere, and an even smaller amount of the
Earth's freshwater (0.003%) is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products. [2] A greater
quantity of water is found in the earth's interior.[4]
Water on Earth moves continually through the water
cycle of evaporation and transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation,precipitation, and runoff,
usually reaching the sea. Evaporation and transpiration contribute to the precipitation over land. Water
used in the production of a good or service is known as virtual water.
Safe drinking water is essential to humans and other lifeforms even though it provides
no calories or organic nutrients. Access to safe drinking water has improved over the last decades in
almost every part of the world, but approximately one billion people still lack access to safe water and
over 2.5 billion lack access to adequate sanitation.[5] There is a clear correlation between access to safe
water andgross domestic product per capita.[6] However, some observers have estimated that by 2025
more than half of the world population will be facing water-based vulnerability.[7] A report, issued in
November 2009, suggests that by 2030, in some developing regions of the world, water demand will
exceed supply by 50%.[8] Water plays an important role in the world economy, as it functions as
a solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances and facilitates industrial cooling and transportation.
Approximately 70% of the freshwater used by humans goes to agriculture.[9]

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