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Location - 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
land: 276,840 sq km
water: 6,720 sq km
note: includes Galapagos Islands

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: 5.71%
permanent crops: 4.81%
other: 89.48% (2005)

Irrigated land

8,650 sq km (2003)

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 page was last updated on 16 September, 2007
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