Data from Shiklomanov and Rodda, 2003. Freshwater has a global volume of 35.2 million cubic kilometres (km3).
Source: UNESCO The United Nations World Water Development Report 2 Section 2: Changing Natural Systems, Chapter 4, Part 1. Global Hydrology and Water Resources, p.121
Table 4.1: Precipitation distribution into surface water and groundwater components (by climate region)
Table 4.2: Selected large aquifer systems with non-renewables groundwater resources
Table 4.3: Water availability information by country (AQUASTAT, FAO 2005)
Table 4.4: Major principal sources and impacts of sedimentation
Table 4.5: Freshwater pollution sources, effects and constituents of concern
Table 4.6: Spatial and time scales within which pollution occurs and can be remediated
Table 4.7: Potential applications for reclaimed water
Figure 4.1: Global distribution of the world’s water
Figure 4.2: Schematic of the hydrologic cycle components in present-day setting
Figure 4.3: Oxygen-18 content of stream water along the main stem of large rivers
Figure 4.4: Variations in continental river runoff through most of the twentieth century (deviations from average values)
Figure 4.5: Typical hydrographs in accordance with climatic settings
Figure 4.6: Acid rain and its deposition processes
Figure 4.7: Five-year mean of the pH level in rainfall in the eastern regions of Canada and the US
Figure 4.8: Primary sources of groundwater pollution
Map 4.1
Map 4.2
Map 4.3: Groundwater abstraction rate as a percentage of mean recharge
Aral Sea
