With reference to the water on the planet Earth, consider the following statements : 1. The amount of water in the rivers and lakes is more than the amount of groundwater. 2. The amount of water in polar ice caps and glaciers is more than the amount of groundwater. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Statement 2 is correct because polar ice caps and glaciers contain approximately 2.05% of Earth's total water, which is significantly more than the roughly 0.68% stored as groundwater. Statement 1 is incorrect because groundwater reserves are much larger than the combined volume of freshwater lakes and rivers, which together account for only about 0.01% of the planet's water. This question tests the core concept of the global distribution of water resources within the hydrosphere.