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 table illustrates the amount of forested
land
in 6 different
countires
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countries
acorss
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across
the world in the period between 1990 and 2005.
Overall
,
it is clear that
Europe has the highest amount of forested
land
across all the periods, starting from 1990 and
then
gradually increasing over time.
Although
Asia occupied the second
last
position in 1990 the
numbers
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number
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of
forests
had
an escalation
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escalated
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over the
years
as opposed to other countries. Oceania had the lowest area of forested
land
, with Oceania and North
America
having relatively stable hectares of
land
,
however
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Africa and South
America
saw
significant
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a significant
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reduction in
forests
over the
years
. Right from 1990 Europe had 989 hectares of forested
land
, which kept on rising, leading to almost 1001 hectares in 2005. South
America
had the second largest forested
land
in 1990, but the numbers
plumetted
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plummeted
down to 904 ha and 882 ha in the
years
2000 and 2005 respectively, so is the case with Africa that started
of
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in the 3rd position in 1990 with 749 ha but lead to a
reuction
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reduction
in
amount
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the amount
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of
forests
over the
years
, taking 4th place in 2005 with 691 ha. Asia began with 576 ha of
forests
in 1990 but faced gradual deforestation over the
years
leading to 584 ha in 2005. North
America
took 4th position in 1990 with 708 ha,
however
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it remained relatively stable with 705 ha over the
years
. Oceania being the country with the least
forests
, the area
reamined
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remained
plateaued just below 200 ha.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words land, forests, years, america with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stable" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "gradually" 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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