Freshwater vs. Saltwater
Ever wonder what the difference is between saltwater and freshwater? The five major oceans account for 96.5% of all the saltwater on the planet Earth. 3% of the earth's water is fresh. 2.5% of the earth's fresh water is unavailable: locked up in glaciers, polar ice caps, atmosphere, and soil. Sure, freshwater is fresh and saltwater has salt, but what else is different about them? Saltwater and freshwater have different animals, bodies of water, and similarities. Freshwater is very important to us because everything living thing on this earth depends on it. And where there’s fresh water, there’s plants and animals. Animals that live near and in freshwater include snails, fish, worms, turtles, frogs, marsh birds, mollusks, alligators, beavers, otters, snakes, and many types of insects. Very rare animals like the river dolphin and diving bell spider are freshwater creatures too. Freshwater is found in different bodies of water, some are lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, and even g...