WATERANDEARTH

Earthisoneofveryfew y
planetsinourgalaxythat
hasabundantWater hasabundantWater.
Orisit? Orisit?
Letsdosomecalculations Letsdosomecalculations
M di f h E h
[1]
6 K Mean radius of the Earth
[1]
= 6,371 Km
Total Surface area of the earth = 4 (6,371)
2
=
510,064,472 km
2
Of which 29% is Land and 71% is Water (sea, lakes and
other Water bodies)
[2]
Hence , total Water surface
= 71 % of 510 064 472 km
2
= 71 % of 510,064,472 km
2
= 362,145,775 km
2
The depth of the ocean can range from few meters to a
maximum of 10.994 km (Mariana Trench).
[3]
The average depth is 3.79 km.
[3]
Total volume of Water on earth is
therefore
= 362,145,775 x 3.79 km
3
= 1,372,532,487 km
3
,37 ,53 ,4 7
(Cubic Kilometers)
Now let us suck out Now let us suck out
all the 1,372,532,487 cubic kilometers of
Water from the Earth. Water from the Earth.
And see how terrible the Earth looks without
Water and deserted ocean beds ! Water and deserted ocean beds !
Remember, we extracted 1,372,532,487 km
3
of
Water from Earth Water from Earth
Right ?
Now, lets make a ball out of it
Volume = 1,372,532,487 km
3
Hence, the radius of that ball
=
3
{ (3/4) 1 372 532 487 } km = { (3/4) 1,372,532,487 } km
= 689 km
Diameter = 1,378 km. Diameter 1,378 km.
Thats unimaginable !
A huge Water ball of A huge Water ball of
1 378 km wide ! 1,378 km wide !
But, lets compare it with the Earth of
6 371 km radius 6,371 km radius
Surprised ?
But, theres more to the story.
Out of this Water ball, 97% of Water are saline, or salt-water
mostly distributed as oceans and salt-water lakes.
[2]
The remaining 3% are the fresh-waters on the Earth,
[2]
They occur as They occur as
Antarctic, Greenland and other Arctic ice-caps,
Glaciers
d d f ( d i ) Ground Water and permafrost (ground ice)
Fresh-water lakes
Rivers
Moisture content in the atmosphere
Hence the volume of fresh-water on earth
= 3% of 1,372,532,487 km
3
= 41,175,975 km
3
41,175,975 km
Now lets separate this fresh water from the Now lets separate this fresh-water from the
huge saline Water ball.
Still more .
Of this little Fresh-water ball
[2]
68.7 % form ice caps and glaciers 7 p g
30.1 % form the ground water
0.86 % form the permafrost
0 04 % is in the atmosphere 0.04 % is in the atmosphere
The remaining 0.3 % forms the fresh-water
l k i d ( 8 k
3
) lakes, rivers and swamps. (123,528 km
3
).
And this is the Water that supports all the life And this is the Water that supports all the life
on land, including humans, land animals and
vegetation.
Youneedasharpvisiontospotit!
Do you still think that.., y
Our planet has abundant of Water Our planet has abundant of Water
d k i i And you can keep wasting it
indefinitely
??? ???
Save and Recycle Water
Thank you Thank you
Hasan Babu H
hasanbabu@gmail.com
References References
[1] http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Radius of the Earth [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radius_of_the_Earth
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_distribution_on_Earth
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean