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This category is for articles pertaining to lakes and reservoirs in Ecuador. Pages in category "Lakes of Ecuador" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The beach extends for approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) and is relatively wide, with white to gray sand, medium waves and a prevalent inland breeze. Many who travel to Punta Carnero also visit other famous beaches which are found just off the coast of Ecuador by 972 kilometres (604 mi) is known the world over, the Galápagos Islands an area of ...
On Ecuador's side of the mangrove ecoregion, particularly near the cities of Machala and Santa Rosa in the province of El Oro, many shrimp farm ponds have been dug out for export of shrimp to the U.S., Europe and other regions. Shrimp are one of Ecuador's main exports together with crude oil and derivatives, bananas and ornamental flowers.
The two main water systems are the Esmeraldas River in the North and the Guayas in the South. [3] The Esmeraldas begins as the Guayllabamba River in the Sierra, flowing west before emptying in the Pacific near the city of Esmeraldas. The Guayas forms to the north of Guayaquil, where the Daule and the Babahoyo Rivers converge. The Babahayo ...
Esmeraldas is the major seaport of northwestern Ecuador, and it lies on the Pacific coast at the mouth of the Esmeraldas River. It is the antipodes of Padang, Indonesia. The city is the principal trading hub for the region's agricultural and lumber resources, and is the terminus of the 313-mile (504-km) Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline from the oil ...
The Mira River originates in the Andes of Ecuador and flows to the Pacific Ocean in Colombia.For a few kilometers it forms the border between the two countries. The upper course of the Mira is called the Chota River and is notable for its Afro-Ecuadorian inhabitants, its bomba music, and the large number of internationally prominent soccer players it has produced.
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The Guayaquil flooded grasslands ecoregion is in the southwest of Ecuador in the delta of the Guayas River, extending south to the mangroves of the Gulf of Guayaquil.It covers an area of 284,898 hectares (704,000 acres). [1]