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The ocean holds about 96.5 percent of water. Water exists in the air as water vapor. These have water lakes, rivers, ice caps, and glaciers. Water forms by when energy causes hydrogen and oxygen molecules to fit together. About 71% of the earth is covered with water.
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There are 326 cubic miles of water in the ocean. About 97.5% is salt water and 2.5% is freshwater. About 326 million trillion gallons of water on earth. The Atlantic ocean has 310,410,900 cubic kilometers of water. About 3% of water is fresh water. There is 70% of water that is ice.