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<text id=93CT0437>
<title>
Ecuador--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Ecuador
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean
at the Equator between Colombia and Peru
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 283,560 km2</l>
<l> land area: 276,840 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Nevada</l>
</list>
<p>note: includes Galapagos Islands
</p>
<p>Land boundaries: total 2,010 km, Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420
km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 2,237 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: claims continental shelf between mainland
and Galapagos Islands</l>
<l> territorial sea: 200 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: three sections of the boundary with
Peru are in dispute
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical along coast becoming cooler inland
</p>
<p>Terrain: coastal plain (Costa), inter-Andean central highlands
(Sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (Oriente)
</p>
<p>Natural resources: petroleum, fish, timber
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 6%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 3%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 17%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 51%</l>
<l> other: 23%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 5,500 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to frequent earthquakes, landslides,
volcanic activity; deforestation; desertification; soil erosion;
periodic droughts
</p>
<p>Note: Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active volcano in world
</p></body></article></text>