These two charts show the usage of water for agriculture, domestic, and industrial purposes all around the world between 1900 and 2000 and its consumption in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Overall
, it is more used for agriculture in the Linking Words
last
century, followed by homes and industries. As we can see, water consumption is much higher in Brazil than in the Congo.
In 1900, approximately, 500 km3 of water was used for agriculture, Linking Words
nevertheless
, domestic and industrial use was almost 0 km3. In 2000, these numbers had risen Linking Words
due to
world development, cultivation represents 3000 km3 and homes and industry had increased as well, but not that much.
The population of the South American country is much higher than that of one of the African land, in fact, 176 million people are Brazilians Linking Words
while
only 5.2 are from Congo. Linking Words
This
leads us to understand why in Brazil the H2O used by a person is 359 m3 and in the African nation only 8 m3. It can Linking Words
also
be related to the irrigated land of the South American country.Linking Words