what is the largest source of freshwater on Earth?

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anonymous · Answer

Lake Baikal

anonymous · Answer

This is a mildly difficult question to answer. The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world, but it is not all entirely freshwater. In parts, it is saline, although not as salty as the oceans. The largest entirely freshwater lake is Lake Michigan/Huron (yes, it's technically one lake). However, the largest SOURCE of freshwater would be the Great Artesian Basin, with 1.7 million square kilometers of area compared to Caspian's 371,000 square kilometers. It contains 64,900 cubic kilometers of freshwater, compared to Caspian's 78,200 cubic kilometers. So if you consider Caspian to be freshwater, than it wins by volume, but the Artesian Basin is bigger by area.

anonymous · Answer

baikal lake

anonymous · Answer

i thought polar ice caps had more fresh water?

anonymous · Answer

True, but I don't think thats what is counted here since they're not really in water form...I could be wrong though

anonymous · Answer

antartican icebergs

cat · Answer

Glaciers and Ice caps- the largest usable water source is groundwater