Task 2 The table shows forested land in millions of hectares in different parts of the world. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

Task 2

The table shows forested land in millions of hectares in different parts of the world.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The data illustrates the comparison of forested areas in several continents around the world in the 1990 - 2005 period. Unit measurements are in
millions
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hectares
.
Overall
,
Europe
had the largest forest area in the period given amongst the other five. Meanwhile,
Oceania
was the narrowest one. The trend of each continent
were
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varied but only
Europe
showed an increment. Ranging from 989 to 1001
million
hectares
,
Europe
had the widest forest followed by South
America
, North
America
, Africa, Asia, and
Oceania
. The amount increased to 12
million
hectares
from 1990 to 2005.
Furthermore
,
Oceania
was the smallest one with 199 to 197 during the period with approximately 197 to 199
million
hectares
. Each section of the world had a variety of trends.
Oceania
and North
America
were relatively stagnant with 190s and 700s respectively. Meanwhile, Africa and South
America
significantly decreased their forest around 58 and 64
million
each. Asia was fluctuating from 570 to 584
million
hectares
. The only country that experienced an increment was
Europe
within 12
million
hectares
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hectares, europe, oceania, million, america with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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