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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie chart depicts the percentages of the reasons why the agricultural field is becoming more and more unproductive. The table shows how those reasons impacted three huge continents
in the 1990s. When considered together, the information suggests that there is a link between the percentage of
over-
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cultivation
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land
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degradation
in all three continents back in the 1990s.
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land
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degradation
at the moment is overgrazing with approximately 35%. Use synonyms
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percentage is five times bigger than the amount of other possible causes, apart from Linking Words
deforestation
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cultivation
at 28%. Use synonyms
This
correlates with the table which showed that three of the continents experienced large amounts of Linking Words
land
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degradation
caused by overgrazing in the 1990s.
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in the 1990s, in North America, Linking Words
land
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degradation
was minimal, with a total of 5% Use synonyms
overall
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cultivation
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cultivation
is the primary cause, at just 3.3%. Followed by overgrazing at around 1.5%, and Use synonyms
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at about 0.2%. Use synonyms
Then
, in Europe, they experienced a higher Linking Words
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degradation
than North America, with approximately 23% in total. Use synonyms
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degradation
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at 7.7%, and overgrazing at 5.5%. Use synonyms
Moreover
, Oceania has a total of 13%, which is lower than Europe but higher than North America. It had overgrazing for the predominant cause, which was 11.3%. Linking Words
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cultivation
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cultivation
contributed much less, at approximately 1.7% and 0% respectively.
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Overall
, the figures suggest a possible association between today’s worldwide causes of Linking Words
land
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degradation
with 1990s regional causes of Use synonyms
land
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degradation
, but the correlation was refuted as some of the data in the chart doesn’t match with the data in the table.Use synonyms
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