Is there more water than land on earth?

Question

doesnt make sense and heres why... when im in the tub or skinnydippin in the water wit my girls vanessa and candy when we jump in we sink and i cnt swimm and i ws thinkin land cnt swim either cause its not alive... so if theres more water thn land how am i and everyone else in the world above the water and nt sinkin underneath since theres apparently more water????? see mmy point, i kno tht there is more land and thts why we are above water forreal. im thinkin about tewllin this theory to some nasa site or somthing see if i get somethin for it

Answer 1

You are right that the volume of land is much greater than the volume of water. However, if you consider just the outer surface of Earth, for example looking at a globe, you will see that the surface has more surface area that is water. I think it is 70-71% ocean at the surface.