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What is the hydrosphere?

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Hydrosphere is all the water on the earth's surface, such as rivers, lakes and seas, and sometime's including water over the earth's surface such as clouds.
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The hydrosphere corresponds to every liquid part contained in the planet. Oceans account for 97.2% of all water, which means that about 2/3 of the planet's surface is covered by oceans. Already the continental waters have a much lower percentage, being found in rivers, lakes (liquid state), glaciers (solid state, which by the way is the largest reserve of fresh water), aquifers and groundwater. Finally, the vapor-contained waters in the atmosphere give rise to precipitation.

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