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 provided table gives information about the forest areas and six regions measured by millions of
hectares
, in 1990, 2000 and 2005.
Overall
, it can be seen that the number of woods experienced a decrease over the period of time, with a noticeable exception in Europe and Asia.
To begin
with, Europe, had the greatest rates of forest land throughout the years. it increased sharply from 980 to 1001
million
hectares
in 2005.
While
the amount of wood in Asia decreased gradually in 2000 considerably increased in 2005 to 584
million
hectares
.
On the other hand
, Africa and South Africa witnessed a dramatic decline in the proportion of grasslands to 691 and 882
million
hectares
respectively in 2005.
However
, Oceania had a slight drop over the period of time only one hectare each year. Meanwhile, North America was 708
million
hectares
in 1990 it declined slightly to 205
million
hectares
in 2000 and remained stable in the following year.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words hectares, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slight" 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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