The graph and table below give information about water use worldwide and water consumption in two different countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart depicts the global

water

use

in Km3 metric and three categories over the years from 1900 to 2000. The table illustrates the consumption of

water

in

Brazil

and

Congo

and makes some comparisons in population, irrigated land in km2 and

water

use

per person in m3 metric.

Overall

, the

water

use

trend has increased steadily over these years with a higher acceleration from 1950 to 1960. Domestic

use

has the lowest volume.

On the other hand

, agricultural uses have the highest volume of 3000 Km3 and it started from 500 Km3 in 1900. Industrial and domestic consumption were roughly constant over the years 1900 to 1950.

Brazil

has a population of 176 million which is approximately 35 times higher than

Congo

with 5.2 million people.

However

, the

water

consumption per person in

Brazil

is much higher than in

Congo

. The irrigated land in

Brazil

is 26500 Km2 which is larger than the Democratic Republic of

Congo

.