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Geography Of Ecuador
Ecuador Information - Country Guides

Location Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru
Geographic coordinates 2 00 S, 77 30 W
Map references south_america 
Area total: 283,560 sq km
note: includes galapagos islands
water: 6,720 sq km
land: 276,840 sq km
Area comparative slightly smaller than Nevada
Land boundaries total: 2,010 km
border countries: colombia 590 km, peru 1,420 km
Coastline 2,237 km
Maritime claims territorial sea: 200 nm
continental shelf: 100 nm from 2,500 meter isobath
Climate tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
Terrain coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
Elevation extremes lowest point: pacific ocean 0 m
highest point: chimborazo 6,267 m
Natural resources petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower
Land use arable land: 5.85%
permanent crops: 4.93%
other: 89.22% (2001)
Irrigated land 8,650 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
Environment - current issues deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
Environment - international agreements party to: antarctic-environmental protocol, antarctic treaty, biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, tropical timber 83, tropical timber 94, wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active volcano in world

Introduction and Background to Ecuador | People Of Ecuador | Government Of Ecuador | Economy Of Ecuador | Communications Of Ecuador | Transportation Of Ecuador | Military Of Ecuador | Transnational Issues Of Ecuador
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