The total percentage of fresh drinking water on earth is around:
0.3%
10%
25%
40%
A
10%
B
40%
C
25%
D
0.3%
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On Earth, only 3% of water is fresh water.
Most of the water is in the form of ice caps, glaciers and groundwater, while all lakes, rivers and swamps combined only for a very small part that is 0.3% of the earth's total freshwater reserves.
Hence, option A is correct.
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