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71 Percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water.Earth is the only planet on which water can exist in liquid form on the surface (though there may be liquid ethane or methane on Titan's surface and liquid water beneath the surface of Europa).Liquid water is,of course,essential for life as we know it.The heat capacity of the oceans is also very important in keeping the Earth's temperature relatively stable.Liquid water is also responsible for most of the erosion and weathering of the Earth's continents,a process unique in the solar system today (though it may have occurred on Mars in the past).
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