Ecuador is found at the equatorial line in northwestern South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean to the west, Colombia to the north, and Peru to the south and east. Ecuador is the eighth largest country in South America, at roughly the dimensions of the united states state of Nevada. Ecuador is 283,561 square kilometers in size and has a extremely diverse geography. Ecuador has four realms: The Andes (La Sierra), the Amazon Rainforest (El Oriente), La Costa (The Coast), and the Galapagos Islands.
The Galapagos Islands can be found around 1,000 kilometers west of mainland Ecuador. The volcanic islands have a subtropical climate and are marked by beaches and forests. In the course of the Galápagos Islands’ dry season, which runs from June to December, the elements is cooler and windier. From October to May, the elements is warmer and there’s frequently light rain.
The coast runs along the west coast and contours low mountains, valleys, plains, mangroves, rivers, and rainforests. The coast has a tropical climate, and is hot and humid. The coast is cloudy, cooler, and dry from May to December, and warmer and rainier from January to April.
The Andes region, or central highlands, lying between the western coastal lowlands and the eastern jungles, contains mountain ranges, foothills, and valleys. Both sides of the Andes, the Western and Eastern Andes contain 60 volcanoes with a typical altitude of seven,000 feet, covering a distance of 400 km from the northern to the southern Andes. Here is called the “Avenue of the Volcanoes.” As a result of altitude, the Andes region has cool, spring-like weather, with an excessive amount of sunshine. Temperatures vary inside the day. The highlands are overcast and wet throughout the rainy season (October-May), and drier, with mild showers, common inside the afternoon, through the dry season (June-September).
The Amazon region is east of the Andes, and it borders Colombia and Peru, and contains a part of the Amazon rainforest, in addition to rivers and rolling jungles. Three active volcanoes can be found in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest: Sangay, Reventador and Sumaco. It truly is the one country where three active volcanoes can be found contained in the Amazon rainforest, The Amazon is hot and humid, and receives an important amount of rainfall year-round. The Amazon is the wettest from June to August.
Ecuador uses the u. s. dollar as its currency. Natural landscapes make up a great deal of the land mass—the Amazon alone takes up about 50% of the land area. www.ecuador.travel
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