The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport.
The line graph illustrates the number of merchandise delivered by the different modes of goods
transportation
in the UK in a 32-year period
, starting from 1974. The types of transportation
are categorized as road
, water
, rail
and pipeline
. Overall
, it can be seen that all the transportation
experienced upward trends throughout the provided period
.
Initially
, in 1974, road
and rail
started with over 40 million
tonnes
Between 1978 and 1990, the road
fluctuated to just under 80 million
tonnes
, and remained steady until 1994. After there, it rose gradually, reaching its peak at around 95 million
tonnes
, in 2002. Similarly
, rail
also
witnessed varied directions over the period
. However
, it finished just slightly over the beginning of the period
number.
Conversely
, water
and pipeline
commenced with a lower number compared to road
and rail
(under 40 million
tonnes
). Both showed a drastic increase in the first 8-year period
, with roughly 60 tonnes
for water
, and 25 million
tonnes
for pipeline
, and maintained at their level. After that, these two transportation
dropped minimally. Then
, the water
rose to approximately 65 million
tonnes
, while
the pipeline
level out until 2002.Submitted by nnatthinee on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words transportation, period, road, water, rail, pipeline, million, tonnes with synonyms.
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