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 above graph represents the proportion of different

species

of

turtles

in India for the time period between 1980 to 2012. the different types of

turtles

are shown by lines of various colours.

Overall

, olive ridley

turtles

were in majority and showed an increasing trend throughout the years,

in contrast

to

this

leatherback

turtles

were least found and diminished in subsequent years. green

turtles

and

overall

species

of

turtles

showed a stable trend and their population remained almost the same in

this

time period. Considering all the

species

to be 100 in 1980, Leatherback

turtles

rose and their number peaked at 110 in 1987

then

fall gradually with every year to touch the value of 50 in 2012.

While

olive ridley

turtles

on the other hand

followed a rapid incline from 100 in 1980 up to 140 in 2012. Green

turtles

remained almost the same with about 100 inhabitants from 1980 to 2012.

Similarly

, the population of

overall

species

also

remained constant.