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How much water is on earth?

The total mass of the earth's hydrosphere is 1,54 quintillion (billion billion) tons.

If you collect all the water from the oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, ponds and swamps of the Earth into one mass, you would get a "drop" with a diameter of about 1400 kilometers.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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