Cotopaxi volcano

Cotopaxi volcano MEMBERS :

FERNANDA GONZALEZ ANTHONY SALGADO

the Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcan that is in the canton Latacunga , province of Cotopaxi, Ecuador

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.

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 .

weatherTHE CLIMMATE PRESENTS VARIETY AND CONTRAST PROPER TO THE RFFECTS OF ALTITUDE AND ORIENTATION .

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.

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

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