Zowie, the Amazon carries 1/5 of the WORLD's fresh water

[moof]

Very Interesting program about the Earth on PBS now
it's focus is about the growing problem of safe drinking water in the world.

http://www.pbs.org/hplink/redir/journeytoplanetearth/

[nuxvomica]

1. One datum about the Amazon that's always stuck with me:

It dumps so much fresh water into the ocean that the water is salt-free four miles out from it's mouth.