The graph and tabel below give information about water use worldwide
The line graph illustrates
water
consumption across the globe in three different areas consisting of agricultural, industrial, and domestic use from 1900 to 2000 while
the table depicts how water
was used for land
irrigation and individual use in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo during 2000.
Overall
, global water
consumption experienced an upward trend with agriculture as the biggest area, and Brazil consumed much bigger water
both for irrigated land
and private use compared to Congo.
According to
the data, it is clear that
in 1900 the agricultural sector used 500 km³ whereas
the industrial and personal used consumed the same at 100 km³. By 2000, agriculture had increased significantly reached 3, 000 km³. It was followed by industrial and individually used at 1, 000 km³ and 500 km³, respectively.
the given picture shows that in 2000, Brazil, which had 176 million population, consumed water
for 26,500 km2 of land
irrigation and 359 km³ for domestic needs. Congo, with 5,2 million inhabitants, used it for 100 km2 of irrigated land
and 8 m3 for domestic consumptionSubmitted by salwafahanim on
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