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Ecuador: A Country Study. Washington, D.C.: GPO for the Library of Congress. Terry, Matt (2007-12-15). "Ecuador's Water Crisis: Damming the Water Capital of the World". International Rivers "Ecuador to Build 11 New Hydroelectric Dams". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-05-22. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010
Ecuador is located on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and has 2,237 km of coastline.It has 2237 km of land boundaries, with Colombia in the north (708 km border) and Peru in the east and south (1,529 km border). 283,561 km 2 (109,484 sq mi) is land and 6,720 km 2 (2,595 sq mi) water.
The Environment of Ecuador contains almost 20,000 species of plants, 1,500 species of birds, 341 species of mammals and more than 840 species of reptiles and amphibians. [1] It includes World Heritage Sites like the Galápagos Islands , and magnificent parks such as the Yasuni National Park .
Cuicocha (Kichwa: Kuykucha, "lake of guinea pigs" or Kuychikucha, "rainbow lake") [1] is a 3 km (2 mi) wide caldera and crater lake at the foot of Cotacachi Volcano in the Cordillera Occidental of the Ecuadorian Andes.
Tungurahua 5,023 metres (16,480 ft) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador, 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of the capital Quito. Nearby notable mountains are Chimborazo (6,263 metres (20,548 ft)) and El Altar (5,319 metres (17,451 ft)).
This category is for articles pertaining to lakes and reservoirs in Ecuador. Pages in category "Lakes of Ecuador" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
La Región Insular is the region comprising the Galápagos Islands, some 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) west of the mainland in the Pacific Ocean. Ecuador's capital and second largest city [contradictory] is Quito, [106] which is in the province of Pichincha in the Sierra region. It is the second-highest capital city with an elevation of 2,850 meters.
The Cordillera Occidental range is one of two main mountain ranges in the Andes in Ecuador, the other being the Cordillera Central. It spans the whole country from north to south. The highest peak of the Cordillera Occidental is Chimborazo (6,267 m).