wein.plus
Attention
You are using an old browser that may not function as expected.
For a better, safer browsing experience, please upgrade your browser.


You can also use our powerful search function with many flexible filters, such as:

Log in Become a Member

Water is the basis of all organic life (most plants, animals and humans) on earth. A total of 71% of the earth's surface consists of water (H2O), made up of the elements hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O). The planet's water surface area is 520 million square kilometres. The water reserves amount to around 1.4 billion km³, which corresponds to a cube with an edge length of 1,120 km. The vast majority of this, 97%, is salt water in the world's oceans. At 48 million km³, fresh water accounts for only 3% and 68.7% is bound as ice at the poles, glaciers and permafrost soils. The groundwater makes up 30.1% and the freshwatersurface water only 0.3%. The latter consists of lakes (87%), swamps (11%) and rivers (2%).

Voices of our members

Egon Mark

For me, Lexicon from wein.plus is the most comprehensive and best source of information about wine currently available.

Egon Mark
Diplom-Sommelier, Weinakademiker und Weinberater, Volders (Österreich)

The world's largest Lexicon of wine terms.

26,787 Keywords · 47,083 Synonyms · 5,302 Translations · 32,117 Pronunciations · 252,414 Cross-references
made with by our author Norbert F. J. Tischelmayer. About the Lexicon

EVENTS NEAR YOU

PREMIUM PARTNERS

wein.plus

Your approval is required –
if you are not a Premium Member

Read with advertising

... or become a Premium Member

Enjoy wein.plus without advertising and tracking by third parties!

Already wein.plus–Premium Member?