ECUADOR

Location

Bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru, Ecuador is located in Western South America.

The geographical coordinates are 2 00 S, 77 30 W and on a map it may be referenced with South America.

Geography

Consisting of approximately 283,560 sq. km divided into 276,840 sq. km of land and 6,720 sq. km of water (including the Galapagos Islands), Ecuador is slightly smaller than Nevada.

Its coastline equals 2,237 km and the border it shares with two other countries is approximately 2,010 km. It shares its borders with Colombia (590 km), and Peru (1,420 km). Ecuador is home to the Cotopaxi volcano located in the Andes, and is highest active volcano in world.

Climate

The country has a tropical climate along the coast, and becomes cooler inland.

Terrain

The country's terrain is coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente). Elevation extremes range from the lowest point (Pacific Ocean) which is at sea level, to the highest point (Chimborazo) 6,267 m above sea level.

Resources

As of 1993, had the following natural resources, petroleum, fish, and timber. The land was broken out in the following percentiles, 6% arable land; 5% permanent crops; 18% permanent pastures; 56% forests and woodland; and 15% other.

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