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Total water in hydrosphere is

A. 1.1 billion km3

B. 1.2 billion km3

C. 1.3 billion km3

D. 1.4 billion km3

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Total water in hydrosphere is 1.4 billion km3.
It is the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet, minor planet, or natural satellite.
It has been estimated that there are 1.386 billion cubic kilometres of water on Earth. This includes water in gaseous, liquid and frozen forms as groundwater in the Earth's crust, oceans and seas, lakes, rivers and streams, wetlands, glaciers, ice and snow cover on Earth's surface; vapour, droplets and crystals in the air; and part of living plants, animals and unicellular organisms of the biosphere.

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