With reference to the water on the planet Earth, consider the following statements:
1. The amount of water in the rivers and lakes is more than the amount of groundwater.
2. The amount of water in polar ice caps and glaciers is more than the amount of groundwater.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer:
(b)
Core Books/NCERT
There is more freshwater stored in the ground than rivers, lakes, ponds on the surface. Some of the water flowing in rivers also comes from seepage of groundwater into river beds. Water from precipitation continually seeps into the ground to recharge aquifers. Hence, statement 1 is not correct. Of total freshwater, over 68 percent is locked up in ice and glaciers mainly in the polar regions and Greenland. Another 30 percent of freshwater is in the ground. Hence, statement 2 is correct. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.