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| 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 |
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