The charts below show the percentage of water use for different purposes in six areas of the world. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant
The pie charts depict how much
water
is used for three purposes in North America
, South America
, Europe
, Africa
, Central Asia
, and Southeast Asia
.
It is evident that the proportions of water
consumption for Agriculture are popular in Africa
, Central Asia
, and Southeast Asia
, whilst Europe
and North America
account for the vast majority of using water
in industry. Households, notably, have less common water
usage in the shown areas.
On the one hand, water
usage for Agriculture in Central Asia
holds the lion's share, amounting to 88%, followed by Africa
, Southeast Asia
, and South America
, with 84%, 81% and 71% respectively. Furthermore
, the figures for North America
and Europe
are relatively parallel, with the former taking up 39% and the latter 32%. There is 53% of the water
used in Europe
, which is 5% higher than water
consumption in North America
while
using water
in the other regions for Industrial purposes is 12% or under.
On the other hand
, 19% of water
is recorded in South America
for Domestic purposes, compared to 15% in Europe
. In addition
, the data for North America
and Africa
are significantly different, with respective numbers being 13% and 9%, whilst 7% of water
usage belongs to Central Asia
and Southeast Asia
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Vocabulary: Replace the words water, america, europe, africa, asia with synonyms.
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