Along the equator the countries with the warmest climate on Earth are located. It is Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, Kiribati, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil.
Ecuador is an equator pearl
In translation from Spanish Ecuador designates the equator. This South American state was located on a small piece of a zero meridian. Despite the not too impressive sizes, the state is multinational, in it cultures and customs of many nationalities closely intertwine.
The main treasure of Ecuador are its animal and flora. Here found the constant habitat of 4.5 thousand different types of butterflies, about 1600 bird species, 350 species of reptiles, not less than 260 species of mammals, 350 species of amphibians. In Ecuador, tourism, the oil-extracting and gas industry, export of coffee, cocoa, wood, bananas, shrimps, a tuna, flowers is well developed.
Environment
The climate in Ecuador in many respects is defined by the Andes. The southern part of the coast is washed by cold waters of the Pacific Gumbolta Current. At the country there are almost all types of climate – from hot and damp to severe and cold. In a middle part of mountains average annual temperature keeps within 20-23 degrees. Average temperature of the coast is plus of 25-30 degrees.
Flora of Ecuador
In one of the countries of South America there is no similar variety of vegetable communities, as in the territory of Ecuador. The Andes, from the cape Pasado are up to one area lower than the Equator, covers the dense rainforest. Further rainforests concede to the territory of kserofitny bushes passing into desert areas. Rare prickly trees alternate with kserofitny plants, codiaeums and cacti. The most known tree – fell a balsa, meets both in the valley of the river Guayas, and in the north of Peru. The tree is appreciated light wood known around the world of which sea vessels are under construction. In these areas the plant, similar to a palm tree, a web-footed karlyudovika which of fibers of leaves make the "Panama hats" known almost to everyone meets. The high Andes are covered by grassy vegetation over which espeletiya tower. This plant reaches in height of 1.5 - 6 meters, leaves have the spear-shaped form, blossoms clusters. Local flora was forced out substantially by cultural plants. For east Kondilyera the zone of tropical forests opens.
Fauna of Ecuador
A huge number of rare animals and birds lives in the jungle of Ecuador. Humming-birds are considered as one of the most interesting types.-Point bears, mountain tapirs, little reindeers to pood live in a paramosa. Owners of the jungle it is possible to call wild pigs who carry out the most part of the existence in dense bushes and marshy reed thickets. Aggressive little leopards, monkeys, toucans, parrots, caymans, kuchuch live here. The most rare animals can be seen on Galapagos Islands similar to the closed world which avoided fast processes of evolution. Here the rare individuals of animals who long ago disappeared from other parts of the globe remained. These are earth bramblings, a sea and land iguana. Islands serve as a shelter for huge land turtles who are found in the Indian Ocean on the Mascarene Islands. The great number of dolphins and whales, sea Pinnipedia, the most rare Galápagos seals lives in the waters washing Galápagos. Existence of penguins is a full paradox here – along with iguanas and birds of the southern seas they form a surprising show.