ENGLISH MISC

ENGLISH MISC University of Cape Town Coastal and Ocean EngineeringIntroduction The most important liquid on Earth is water. It covers 71% of the Earth’s surface. Of the Earth’s total water content some 97.2% is contained in the oceans, 2.15% is stored in ice sheets and glaciers, 0.62% is groundwater, and only 0.03% is in rivers and freshwater lakes. For major parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the average depth is about 4 km. 1.1 Physical properties of seawater 1.1.1 De...