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.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for 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 how many
forest
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areas in 6 regions were available in 15 years, from 1990 to 2005, and divided into 3 parts. The units are measured in millions of
hectares
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.
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it is clear that
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Europe was the highest in all periods. In the first
period
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, Africa had almost 750 million
hectares
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. In the next 10 years, it decreased moderately by around 40 before dropping a little bit to below 700. In Asia, the
forest
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areas fluctuated in a small range. Starting from exactly 576,
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in the next
period
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, it went down by 6 before climbing slightly to more than 580. Europe was high in all periods,
although
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the increment was relatively stable. Starting from below 1000, it
then
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increased
until
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more than 1000 in 2005. South America became the second in all
period
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, even though in each
period
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, it dropped significantly. From 1990 with 946 million
hectares
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, the
forest
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area experienced a gradual fall of around 40 before going down to almost 900. Before 2000, North America had 708 million
hectares
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of area with
forest
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. In 2000, it declined noticeably to exactly 705 and remained stable until the
last
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period
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. In each
period
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, Oceania's area of
forest
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dropped by 1, and it was always below 200 for the amount.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words forest, hectares, period with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "stable" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Hectares
  • Forested land
  • Regions
  • Distribution
  • Trends
  • Historical data
  • Deforestation
  • Urbanization
  • Outliers
  • Proportionately
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