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.
This
table illustrates the comparisons of the forested areas between six regions in the world in
1990 - 2005. Units are measured in million hectares.
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Overall
, it was Europe
that had the largest forest and also
the only region with increased forest area throughout the period given. In contrast
, Oceania
was the region with the smallest forested area.
Ranging from 989 Mha
to 1001, Europe
's forested land was the biggest followed by South America
, Africa, North America
, Asia, and Oceania
. However
, the least region, Oceania
, significantly dropped its forested area compared to Europe
which stood at around 197 to 199 Mha
, almost five times lower than Europe
.
In terms of trends, Europe
gradually experienced an increment 10 years after up to 998 Mha
and 1001 Mha
in 2005. Furthermore
, Africa, South America
, North America
, and Oceania
decreased their forested land, where both Oceania
and North America
had a little decrease since 1990, while
Africa and South America
had a noticeable one.Submitted by nurikasetyar on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words europe, oceania, mha, america with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
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