1.7% of water can be found in underground.
On Earth , 96.5 % of the planet 's crust water is found in seas and oceans , 1.7 % in groundwater , 1.7 % in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland , a small fraction in other large water bodies , and 0.001 % in the air as vapor , clouds -LRB- formed of ice and liquid water suspended in air -RRB- , and precipitation .	liquid	liquid	ice	ice	air	atmosphere	vapor	vapor	precipitation	precipitation (meteorology)	groundwater	groundwater
Groundwater -LRB- or ground water -RRB- is the water present beneath Earth 's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations .	water	water	Earth	Earth	soil pore spaces	Pore space in soil	rock formations	stratum	soil	soil
Groundwater is recharged from , and eventually flows to , the surface naturally ; natural discharge often occurs at springs and seeps , and can form oases or wetlands .	Groundwater is recharged	Groundwater recharge	springs	spring (hydrosphere)	seeps	Seep (hydrology)	oases	oasis
