Did you know these facts……. I bet you didn’t……… now let us come together and pledge to save water – a precious thing! : A human can live more than a month without food but only as much as one week without water. # The average toilet uses 18.93 Litres to 26.5 Litres of water per flush. # A shower can use 94.64 Litres to 189.27 Litres (18.93 Litres per minute). # Just washing your hands can use up to 11.36 Litres of water (with tap running at 11.36 Litres per minute). # Leaving the water running while you brush your teeth can waste 11.36 Litres of water (at 11.36 Litres per minute). # Outdoor spigots can pump out 18.93 Litres to 37.85 Litres per minute. # Automatic dishwashers use about 56.78 Litres per load. # Washing one load of clothes in an automatic washer uses about 170.34 Litres. # The average bath takes about 136.27 Litres of water. # Cutting one minute off your shower time can save about 2649.79 Litres of water per month. # Geography:The earth's oceans cover about 140,500,000 square miles and contain almost 330,000,000 cubic miles of water. # Scientists estimate that there may be enough ground-water in North America to cover the continent with a sheet of water almost 100 feet (30 meters) thick. # The tallest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls (Venezuela) with a total drop of 3,212 feet (980m). # River that carries most water in the world is the Amazon River (South America) which discharges about 4 million cubic feet every second into Atlantic Ocean. # The longest river in the world is the Nile River (Africa) at 4,145 miles (6,670km). # The world's shortest river is the Roe River in Montana at 201 feet long. # The deepest and oldest lake in the world is Lake Baikal (Siberia) at 6,365 ft. (1,940 m) deep and 25 million years old. # Lake Baikal holds one-fifth of the earth's available fresh water. # The largest ocean in the world is the Pacific Ocean at 64 million sq.miles (166 million sq. km). # The worlds largest (surface area) freshwater lake is Lake Superior (North America) with an area of 32,000 sq.miles (82,103 sq.km). # Tutunendo, Columbia is the world's wettest place with an average rainfall of 463.4 inches (annual mean). # The world's driest place is Desierto de Atacama (near Calma, Chile). It remained almost rainless for about 400 years (to 1971). # Where's the Water?80% of the earth's surface is water. # 97% of the earth's water is seawater. # 2% of the earth's water supply is locked in icecaps and glaciers. # 1% of the earth's water is available for drinking. # About 60% of the weight of the human body is water. # An elephant is 70% water. # A tomato is 95% water. # An egg is about 74% water. # A watermelon is about 92% water. # A piece of lean meat is about 70% water. #
