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The Cordillera Occidental range is one of two main mountain ranges in the Andes in Ecuador, the other being the Cordillera Central. It spans the whole country from north to south. The highest peak of the Cordillera Occidental is Chimborazo (6,267 m).
Cueva de los Tayos (Spanish, "Cave of the Oilbirds") is a cave located on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountains in the Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador.It owes its name to being the home of the native nocturnal birds called tayos (Steatornis caripensis), which live in numerous caves in the Andean jungles of South America.
Cordillera Oriental Active Volcano El Altar/Capac-Urcu 5,319 Cordillera Oriental Iliniza Sur: 5,248 Cordillera Occidental Sangay: 5,230 Cordillera Oriental Active Volcano Iliniza Norte: 5,126 Cordillera Occidental Tungurahua: 5,023 Cordillera Oriental Active Volcano Carihuairazo: 5,018 Cordillera Occidental Cotacachi: 4,944 Cordillera Occidental
Cuicocha (Kichwa: Kuykucha 'lake of guinea pigs' or Kuychikucha 'rainbow lake') [1] is a 3 km (1.9 mi) wide caldera and crater lake at the foot of Cotacachi Volcano in the Cordillera Occidental of the Ecuadorian Andes. Its name comes from the Kichwa indigenous language and means "Lago del Cuy" or Guinea Pig Lake in English. It was given this ...
The Cordillera del Cóndor (Condor mountain range) is a mountain range in the eastern Andes that is shared by and part of the international border between Ecuador and Peru. Ornate Antwren ( Epinecrophylla ornata ) from the mountain range, which has a rich population of bird life.
The Cordillera Real (also Cordillera of Quito, Cordillera Central of Ecuador) is a chain of mountains in the Andes of Ecuador, the largest of them volcanic.They are continued by the Cordillera Central of Peru to the south and the Cordillera Central of Colombia to the north.
There are several Cordillera Central mountain ranges in the Andes Mountains of South America: Cordillera Blanca or Cordillera Central in the Ancash Region; Cordillera Central, Bolivia; Cordillera Central, Colombia; Cordillera Central, Ecuador; Cordillera Central, Peru in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region
The Sierra de La Culata is a mountain range in the largest massif in Venezuela, the Cordillera de Mérida, which in turn is part of the northern extent of the Cordillera de los Andes (Andes Mountains). The Sierra la Culata includes some of the highest peaks in Venezuela, such as Pico Piedras Blancas, Pico Pan de Azúcar, and Collado del Cóndor.