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My read is that the two smaller spheres are non-exclusive, and that the smallest is included in the 2nd.

The breakout is for comparison: surface freshwater (total) and surface freshwater (lakes and rivers) relatively.



Yes they're pretty clearly subsets of each other. There's a better graphic on this page: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/sci... Direct link: https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/...

That one actually has percentages on the subsets too for interesting differences like glacier and icecap volume vs ground water (which I think still excludes the kind of deep mantle water mentioned up thread because it's not usably extractable).




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