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Out of all the water on Earth, saline water in oceans, seas and saline groundwater make up about 97% of it. Only 2.5–2.75% is fresh water, including 1.75–2% frozen in glaciers, ice and snow, 0.5–0.75% as fresh groundwater and soil moisture, and less than 0.01% of it as surface water in lakes, swamps and rivers.
A bathtub faucet with built-up calcification from hard water in Southern Arizona. Hard water is water that has a high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water"). Hard water is formed when water percolates through deposits of limestone, chalk or gypsum, [1] which are largely made up of calcium and magnesium carbonates, bicarbonates and sulfates.
Baltimore [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census, it is the 30th-most populous US city. [15] Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland [b] in 1851, and is the most populous independent city in the nation.
If natural mineral water is effervescent, it must be labelled accordingly, depending on the origin of the carbon dioxide: naturally carbonated natural mineral water (no introduction of CO 2); natural mineral water fortified with gas from the spring (reintroduction of CO 2); carbonated natural mineral water (CO 2 added following strict guidelines).
A State Farm Insurance office occupies a classic railroad depot in Hiawassee, Georgia. State Farm is the largest property and casualty insurance provider, and the largest auto insurance provider, in the United States. [5]
Hagia Sophia, [a] officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, [b] is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.The last of three church buildings to be successively erected on the site by the Eastern Roman Empire, it was completed in AD 537.
The original model of the Game Boy Advance Clockwise from left: A Game Boy Game Pak, a Game Boy Advance Game Pak, and a Nintendo DS Game Card. On the far right is a United States Nickel shown for scale.
No: Tunneled USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20 Gbit/s) No: No: No: Tunneled USB 3 Gen T (5–80 Gbit/s) No: No: No: A type of USB 3 Tunneling architecture where the Enhanced SuperSpeed System is extended to allow operation at the maximum bandwidth available on the USB4 Link. USB4 Gen 2 (10 or 20 Gbit/s) Yes: Yes: Yes: Either one or two lanes USB4 Gen 3 (20 ...