Ecuador: Ecuador Geography Profile 2012
2012/03/08
Ecuador Geography Profile 2012
Water
Climate
Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru
2 00 S, 77 30 W
South America
slightly smaller than Nevada
2,010 km
tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower
frequent earthquakes; landslides; volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active volcano in world
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