Water covers over 72% of the Earth's surface, with 97% being ocean water which is unsuitable for consumption. The remaining 3% is fresh water, with over 61% located in Antarctica in the form of glaciers and snow. Europe has over 38,000 km of coastline bordering numerous seas and oceans. Its major water bodies include the Baltic Sea, North Sea, and rivers such as the Volga, which at over 3,500 km is the longest in Europe. Lakes cover about 1.6% of the continent's area. Glaciers comprise approximately 1% of Europe's surface.
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3. Water iconsitutes 72% of the surface of our planet. Water resources in the
world are mostly open reservoirs covering the surface of the Earth. Among them
there are: oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and ponds.
4. Oceanic and sea waters constitute over the 97% of water resources of the world.
Unfortunately, because of they are salty, they are not suitable for consumption.
Remaining 2.5% is a fresh water which is largely contained in glaciers and snow. The
largest amount of water (over the 61%) is gathered in Antarctica. It is water
coming mainly from glaciers and the one being in a snowy lid.
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6. Europe is the most devided part of the world, with strongly extended coastline,
which is about 38 thousand kilometers long (without the coastline of islands).
Islands constitute nearly 7.5% of the area of Europe.
7. Due to its peninsular character, Europe is
surrounded by many seas and bays,
constituting parts of the Atlantic Ocean
and the Arctic Ocean.
Kara Sea
• Pechora Sea
• Barents Sea
• White Sea
• Norwegian Sea
• Scottish Sea
• Sea Hebrydzkie
• North Sea
• Irish Sea
• Celtic Sea
• The Baltic Sea
• Bay of Biscay
• Bay of Cadiz
• Bay of Bothnia
• Bay of Finland
• Bay of Riga
8. Waters:
About 66% of the area of Europe
belongs to the Atlantic Basin, 16% to
basin of the Arctic Ocean, but from the
remaining part of the continent,
water flows down into inside
continental reservoirs, out of which the
Caspian Sea is largest.
9. Rivers:
There are numerous rivers are in Europe. However because of the strongly
developed coastline of the continent and little distance to the sea, European rivers
don't belong to the longest in the world. The longest river of Europe - the Volga is
only 15th longest river of the world. Annually rivers of Europe carry 2500 km ³ of
water to oceans.
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10. Lakes:
Lakes constitute about 163 thousand km²,
that is about 1.6% of the surface of the
continent.
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11. Glaciers:
About 1% of the surface of Europe is covered by the areas on which the ice lid
lies. It is a remnant of the old glaciation.
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