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What percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water?

About 71 percent

Background

Our blue planet is covered by water on about 71 percent of its surface. Only 29 percent is solid land. The vast majority of this water is salty seawater. Only about 3 percent of all water is fresh water, and most of that is frozen in glaciers.

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