The graph below gives information on the population of turtles in India from 1980 to 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph gives data on different

turtle

species

in

India

between 1980 and 2012. The given

turtle

population

index

clearly states that leatherback

turtles

greatly reduced during the given period

while

the Olive Ridley

species

managed to increase their

population

in

India

. Analysing the illustration

reveal

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that there were 111

turtle

species

in

India

and the 1980

turtle

population

index

considered 100

units

and

in

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this

year, all

turtles

in

India

were at unit 100.

However

, over

the

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time, leatherback

turtle

’s number dropped significantly and reached

to

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only 60

units

while

an opposite trend could be observed in the case of Olive Ridley

turtles

.

This

species

continually expanded,

according to

the

index

, till 1997 and

then

showed some fluctuations with a sharp drop in 2012 when it was just over 120

units

.

Finally

, the green

turtle

’s

index

indicates that a rapid oscillation was visible in the

population

of

this

turtle

. Over the years,

this

species's

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population

,

however

, slightly dropped and they were just over 90

units

in 2012. The

index

of all

turtle

species

did not change significantly, though there were many ups and downs in

this

number. The important information that the diagram provides is the number of various types of

turtle

species

. It was 19 for leatherback

turtles

, 38 for green

turtles

and 20 for Olive Ridley.