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What percent of the earth is land and how much is water?

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Posted by smallys-army on November 10, 2008 at 8:04 PM and tagged with earth, geography, geology, land, percentage, water

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71% of the earth's surface is covered with water; 29% is land. Most of the 71% that is covered in water is oceans.

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Posted by lynn30k on November 10, 2008 at 8:32 PM

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