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.

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.
The given table illustrates how many millions of
hectares
of forest
areas
in 6 continents namely: Africa, Asia, Europe, North
America
, South
America
and Oceania. In general, the number of forest
hectares
in Asia and Europe increased,
while
the rest
areas
witnessed a downward trend over the course of 15 years. Looking at the table for more detail, starting at 576
million
hectares
in 1990, apart from a slight decrease in 1995, forested land in Asia rose considerably to reach 584
million
hectares
in 2005. A similar trend was witnessed in forests in Europe
,
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when
this
figure went up dramatically by 12
million
hectares
over a 15-year period (from 989
million
hectares
in 1990 to 1001
million
hectares
in 2005).
In contrast
, these statistics for Africa and South
America
witnessed a rapid decline. In 1990, the spread of forest
areas
in these 2 continents
were
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749 and 946
million
hectares
.
However
, after 15 years, these figures for Africa and South
America
were 691 and 882
million
hectares
respectively. Meanwhile, the data for Oceania was the lowest figure in 6
areas
,
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and decreased gradually by 1
million
hectares
each recorded year.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hectares, areas, america, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Hectares
  • Forested land
  • Regions
  • Distribution
  • Trends
  • Historical data
  • Deforestation
  • Urbanization
  • Outliers
  • Proportionately
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