Geography Of Ecuador

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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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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Geography Of Ecuador