The pie chart below shows the main reasons why agricultural land becomes less productive. The table shows how these causes affected three regions of the world during the 1990s. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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agricultural

land

less productive. The table illustrates the information about how these causes affected three regions: North

America

,

Europe

and

Oceania

; during the

1990's

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.

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from

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chart that the

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of causes are close to each other and the highest proportion

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over-grazing. From the

table

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we can see that the most

land

affected

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in

Europe

. Over cultivation affected 28% of the

land

,

while

deforestation caused the degradation of 30%

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land

. The percentage of over-grazing is 35%, which is the highest

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all.

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, 7% of soils were affected by other reasons. Starting with North

America

, we can see that 5% of the total

land

is degraded,

while

the proportions of

Europe

and

Oceania

are 23% and 13% respectively. Deforestation caused 0.2% of the

land

in North

America

.

Europe

has the highest proportion of damage, showing 9.8%,

while

in

Oceania

- 1.7%. Over-cultivation didn't cause

Oceania

during the 1990's,

while

in

Europe

- 7.7% and in North

America

- 3.3 % of the

land

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by it. But over-grazing damaged

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most of the

land

in

Oceania

, with

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11

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%,

while

in

Europe

and North

America

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America,

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it shows 5.5% and 1.5% respectively.