turismo

1. Cotopaxi volcano
MEMBERS :
FERNANDA GONZALEZ
ANTHONY SALGADO

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

3. 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.

4. Altitude
FOR 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 .

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

6. 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.

7. Attractive
ANDINISMO , 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

8. 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