The pie chart below represents the main reasons why agricultural land becomes less productive. The bar chart shows how these causes affected three regions of the world in the 1990s. Summarise the data by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The pie chart provides information about four different causes of land Degradation,

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the bar chart illustrates how (salinization, over-grazing, over-cultivation and deforestation) influenced the three areas of the world in the 1990s.

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, Salinization remained the lowest source of land degradation from three other sources, and Europe became the most affected area than the other three areas of Oceania and North America. Regarding the reasons for the lower level of productivity in agriculture, Salinization remained the smallest factor

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for 8.0%.

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, the other sources were represented at almost the same number, the highest one is over-grazing stood at 34.0%, followed by over-cultivation at 30% and

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28.0% for deforestation at the

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position. Looking at the result of

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land degradation, Europe experienced the most affected region which reached approximately 20.0%, the second was, Oceana just doubled below the previous one to a number of about 14.0%. So

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position was North America with around 9.0%.