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The Upano Valley sites are a cluster of archaeological sites in the Amazon rainforest. They are located in the Upano River valley in Morona-Santiago Province in eastern Ecuador . The sites comprise several cities; they are believed to have been inhabited as early as 500 BC, predating any other known complex Amazonian society by over a millennium.
Napo saki, Pithecia napensis Many types of mammals live within the national park both in water, on land, and in the air. Pteronura brasiliensis, commonly known as the giant otter, an endangered species endemic to rivers in and surrounding the national park, are forced to adjust to constant seasonal changes in water levels that concurrently alter food availability. [8]
Photo Location Area Established Cayambe-Coca: Imbabura, Pichincha, Sucumbíos and Napo Province: 403,103 ha (1,556 sq mi) 1970 Cotopaxi: Cotopaxi, Napo, and Pichincha Province: 33,393 ha (129 sq mi) 1975 El Cajas: Azuay Province: 28,540 ha (110 sq mi) 1996 Galápagos: Galápagos Province: 799,540 ha (3,087 sq mi) 1959 Llanganates
Sangay National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Sangay) is a national park located in the Morona-Santiago, Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Cañar, and Azuay provinces of Ecuador.The park contains two active volcanoes (Tungurahua and Sangay), one extinct volcano El Altar (Kapak Urku).
Ecuador accepted the convention on 16 June 1975, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] Ecuador has five sites on the list and a further five on the tentative list. The first two sites listed in Ecuador were the Galápagos Islands and the city of Quito , in 1978, which were also the first two sites inscribed to the ...
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