cotopaxi volcano
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Cotopaxi volcano MEMBERS :
FERNANDA GONZALEZ ANTHONY SALGADO
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the Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcan that is in the canton Latacunga , province of Cotopaxi, Ecuador
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Location THE COTOPAXI VOLCANO IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA OF THE ECUADORIAN ANDES 62 KM NORTHEAST OF LATACUNGA AND 75KM SOUTHEAST OF QUITO . LIMITS : TO THE NORTHEAST THE VOLCANO OFF SINCHOLAGUA AND THE RUMINAHUI TO THE WEST ; THE QUILINA TO THE SOUTHEAST.
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AltitudeFOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO PRACTICE MOUNTAINEERING , IN COTOPAXI THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST VOLCANO IN THE WORLD WIHT 5943M S.N.M .IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT THE WIDTH OF ITS CRÁTER FROM EAST TO WEST IS 500 M AND FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ABOUT 700 M .
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weatherTHE CLIMMATE PRESENTS VARIETY AND CONTRAST PROPER TO THE RFFECTS OF ALTITUDE AND ORIENTATION .
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Biodiversity
A LARGE PINE PLANTATION THAT COVERS APPROXIMATELY 1750 HA , CHUQUIRAHUAS , PUMAMAQUIS, ROMERILLO, MORTIÑO AND CAPULÍ, ARE JUST SOME OF THE SPECIES THAT CAN BE FOUND . AS FOR FAUNA , CURIQUINGUES , DEER , RABBITS , WOLVES OF THE MOOR AND THE RARELY SEEN ANDEAN CONDOR , CAN APPEAR AT ANY MOMENT.
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AttractiveANDINISMO , THE VOLCANO COTOPAXI HAS AN EXOTIC DRY MICRO CLIMATE THAT ALLOWS ITS ASCENT DURING ALMOST ALL THE YEAR. STARTING AT 48000 METERS AND IN APPROXIMATELY 6-8 HOURS , YOU WILL DE ABLE TO REACH THE FOOT OF THE IMPRESSIVE HALF-KILOMETER-WIDE CRÁTER AND BE ECSTATIC WHITH THE SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE TOPS OF MOST OF ECUADOR’S VOLCANOES
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THE COTOPAXI NATIONAL PARK IS A PROTECTED ÁREA OF ECUADOR LOCATED IN THE CANTON LATACUNGA IN THE PROVINCE OF COTOPAXI IN ECUADOR . WITHIN THE PERK AND IN TERRITORY OF THE PROVINCE OF COTOPAXI IS THE SNOWY COTOPAXI VOLCANO . IT WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK TO BE CREATED IN THE CONTINENTAL TERRITORY OF ECUADOR AND THE SECOND OF THE COUNTRY
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