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Which best explains why all of the Earth’s freshwater is not available for human use?

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99% of liquid freshwater on Earth is Stored as Ground water

Much of it probably isn't accessible to us Human.

About 71 % of Earth is covered in water, and the Ocean holds most of it but this is salt water, almost all fresh water is stored underground

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Answer:

2.5% of the earth's fresh water is unavailable: locked up in glaciers, polar ice caps, atmosphere, and soil; highly polluted; or lies too far under the earth's surface to be extracted at an affordable cost.

Step-by-step explanation:

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