[DOC] [TLE] Fresh water - Wikipedia [PAR] Fresh water is naturally occurring water on Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, 
glaciers, ... 1 Systems; 2 Sources; 3 Water distribution; 4 Numerical definition; 5 
Aquatic organisms ... Freshwater lakes contain about 87% of this fresh surface 
water, including 29% in the ... Most of the world's fresh water is frozen in ice 
sheets. [DOC] [TLE] Great Lakes - Wikipedia [PAR] The Great Lakes are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily 
in the upper ... Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that is located 
entirely .... Lake Ontario: From the Wyandot (Huron) word ontaro (lake of shining 
... Although the lakes contain a large percentage of the world's fresh water, the... [DOC] [TLE] Quebec - Wikipedia [PAR] Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada and the only one to 
have a ... The name "Qubec", which comes from the Algonquin word kbec 
meaning ... It has 3% of the world's renewable fresh water, whereas it has only 
0.1% of its ..... this area contains a diversity of habitats resulting in large numbers 
of plant... [DOC] [TLE] What Percent of Earth is Water? - Universe Today [PAR] Like most facts pertaining to our world, the answer is a little more ... If you were to 
gather all the Earth's fresh water together as a single mass (as shown in the... [DOC] [TLE] Great ocean currents  World Ocean Review [PAR] This makes them one of the most important driving forces of climate. ... As the 
cold and salty surface water sinks by convection, salty water flows in from ... 
Although wind also influences the transport of water masses, its contribution is 
significantly less. ... Because ice only contains about five tenths of a per cent salt, 
it leaves... [DOC] [TLE] USGS Water Science Glossary of Terms [PAR] acre-foot (acre-ft)--the volume of water required to cover 1 acre of land (43,560 
square ... system for allocating water to private individuals used in most Western 
states. .... Large drainage basins, like the area that drains into the Mississippi 
River ... freshwater, freshwater--water that contains less than 1,000 milligrams per 
liter... [DOC] [TLE] The Water Cycle: Summary Text, from USGS Water-Science School [PAR] Most precipitation falls back into the oceans or onto land, where, due to gravity, ... 
Runoff, and groundwater seepage, accumulate and are stored as freshwater in 
lakes. ... glaciers covered almost one-third of Earth's land mass, with the result 
being ... After all, the large surface area of the oceans (over 70 percent of the 
Earth's... [DOC] [TLE] Global Energy Transfer, Atmosphere, Climate [PAR] The energy that keeps this system going is on one hand the internal heat (from ... 
soil, the oceans, transpiration by plants); and (3) onto the landmasses (by rain, 
snow). ... in the oceans, which contain about 30000 times more water than 
atmosphere and ... The latter two reservoirs constitute the terrestrial fresh water 
supply. [DOC] [TLE] Great Lakes facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] The Great Lakes waterbody is so large that its natural features can be seen from 
the Moon. ... Each of the names of the Great Lakes comes from either a Native 
tribe name or the ... the Great Lakes, and together form one of the busiest 
shipping arteries in the world.* ... The Great Lakes support diverse fresh-water 
fisheries. [DOC] [TLE] Ice and Glaciers -The Water Cycle-USGS Water-Science School [PAR] The vast majority, almost 90 percent, of Earth's ice mass is in Antarctica, while the 
Greenland ice cap contains 10 percent of the total global ice mass. ... In many 
places, glaciers on Greenland reach to the sea, and one estimate is that as ... on (
and in) the Earth, it represents a large percentage of the world's total freshwater. [DOC] [TLE] Natural Resources in Antarctica - Global Classroom [PAR] One piece of evidence that supports the idea

Question: 1-word name for the large masses that contain the majority of the world's fresh water
Answer: glaciers