Ecuador is located on the equator in South America, for which its territory is in both hemispheres. In the north and Colombia to the south and east by Peru. To the west is bordered by the Pacific Ocean. The size of the country is 256,370 sq km. It is divided into four regions, which are distributed 22 provinces and 205 cantons. In the Pacific coast are the provinces of Esmeraldas, Manabi, Los Rios, Guayas and El Oro. In the Sierra, in the northern part of the Andes, are Carchi, Imbabura, Pichincha, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua and Chimborazo, in the southern sector are Bolivar, Cañar, Azuay, Loja. In the Amazon, on the other hand, are Sucumbios, Napo, Pastaza, Orellana, Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe. And on the islands, the Galapagos Islands, consisting of thirteen major islands.
Pacific Coast
His territory consists of fertile plains, hills, sedimentary basins and low-lying elevations. For its territory running rivers that come from the Andes to reach the Pacific Ocean. Its five provinces have beaches and spas very attractive to tourists. It highlights of Esmeraldas, Manabi, Guayas. This area is the most extensive river network in the country. This is the Guayas River Basin, which has about twelve tributaries along with the populations of Daule, Babahoyo, Macul, Puca, and Paján Colimes. Ecuador has 640 miles of coastline.
Sierra: The Andes
The Andes mountain chain traverses the country from south to north. This system born mountainous ridges dividing East and West in the province of Loja, forming Hoya and valleys along the alley Interandean. Between the two ridges moves until it reaches a plateau three thousand metres in height. The Sierra covers ten provinces that have significant mountains as Chimborazo, Illinizas, Cotopaxi, Cayambe and Antisana.
The high elevations occur in central and northern Iraq. In Riobamba southward lapses its altitude and the width increases, forming a kind of plateau
Amazon
The highlight of the Amazon is made up of a series of hills that originate in the eastern part of the Andes and down to the plains of the Amazon, whose basin belong major rivers such as Putumayo, Napo and Pastaza. There are two geographic regions: Upper Amazon and Amazon plain. The first are the ridges Napo Galeras Cutucú and Condor. The reliefs most of the region are in the northern part near the volcano Sumaco, and the lowest to the east side. In the Amazon are five of the country’s provinces.
The Galapagos Islands
The archipelago comprises 13 major islands, islets and dozens of 17 ancient rocks. Its origin is volcanic and are almost a thousand miles of the continent. Its territory bordering the eight thousand square kilometers. Its main volcanoes, ranging between one thousand and six hundred thousand meters high around are on Isabela Island. Some of them are Wolf, Cerro Azul and Darwin.