🌿 Sangay National Park
Ecuador · Americas · Natural · 2.00°S, 78.00°W
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Sangay National Park is a national park located in the Morona-Santiago, Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Cañar, and Azuay provinces of Ecuador. The park contains two active volcanoes, one extinct volcano El Altar. Protecting a range of elevations from 900 to 5,319 meters above sea level, Sangay National Park contains a wide variety of habitats, including glaciers, volcanic landscapes, tropical rainforests, cloud forests, wetlands, grasslands, and one of the largest regions of páramo in Ecuador. 327 lakes feed into a vast wetland system covering 31.5 square kilometers (12.2 mi2).
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Quick facts
| Country | Ecuador |
|---|---|
| Continent / region | Americas |
| List type | 🌿 Natural heritage site |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 2.00°S, 78.00°W · view on map |
Sangay National Park is a natural World Heritage site in Ecuador, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Sangay National Park was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).
More sites in Ecuador
City of Quito · Galápagos Islands · Santa Ana de los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca · Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca.
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