Water Essay

Renewable fresh water resources of selected countries, 1995


All the countries in the above table are from very different parts of the world thus meaning they all have completely different climates. Countries such as Brazil are in the tropics so they receive lots of rain, there is a large rain forest situated in Brazil. Canada and Norway are both very close to the artic circle (some bits of these countries are actually in the artic circle). Large amounts of water are required in these countries for things such as heating to go about normal life.

Lots of the richer countries (especially in the northern hemisphere) may waste a lot of water by the pure and simple fact that they ...