English_ Ecuador Megadiverse contry and Multicultural

 ECUADOR A MEGADIVERSE CONTRY

Why is Ecuador a megadiverse country?

It is considered a megadiverse country since it has four natural regions with different climates

and due to this there are many cultures throughout the country and there are even many 

unique species in each region.

When Ecuador is declared a megadiverse country?

Quito (09-15-2014) Megadiverse and beautiful, Ecuador is recognized worldwide for its 

richness and variety in terms of plants and animals that it has per square meter. Thanks to its

location in the center of the world, 

Ecuador A Megadiverse Country

It is considered a mega diverse country for the variety of flora and fauna, in addition to the

tourist places it has, it even has several climates because it is between the equinoctial line.

What makes Ecuador unique?

Thanks to its location in the center of the world, Ecuador concentrates the diversity of the

planet in a small territory, which is combined in the Andes Mountains, paradisiacal coasts, 

mysterious and deep Amazonian jungles and a unique treasure in the world that constitutes

a natural laboratory called Galapagos.

Ecuador is considered one of the 12 megadiverse countries (with the greatest biological 

diversity). With its small size (0.17% of the size of the planet), it is home to 9.2 species per 

square kilometer, which makes it the country with the greatest biological diversity per unit 

area in the world.

"Ecuador is a megadiverse country due to a multiple combination of geographical and 

 geopolitical location, in addition to geological and topographic, climatic, rainfall and 

temperature characteristics, biological and evolutionary factors;under an incredible biological 

diversity, also classified as megadiversity." 

Ecuador concentrates the diversity of the planet in a small territory, which is combined in the

Andes Mountains, paradisiacal coasts, mysterious and deep Amazonian jungles and a unique

treasure in the world that constitutes a natural laboratory called Galapagos. All these fairytale

places, in which a privileged fauna and flora develop, account for 10% of all the plant species

in the world.

Ecuador also has 8% of the animal species and 18% of the bird species on the planet.

Ecuador has 10% of all the plant species that exist in the planet. Of this percentage, the largest

amount grows in the Andes mountain range, in the northwestern area, where it is estimated 

that there are approximately 10 thousand species

Multicultural Ecuador

Ecuador is a plurinational and multicultural country where its population is constituted 

fundamentally by indigenous people, blacks, whites and mestizos; being this characteristic of 

ethnic heterogeneity which is its main cultural wealth.

Ecuadorian Lenguages

Castellano: Es la lengua oficial y la mas usada en Ecuador.

Shuar: Idioma oficial de relación intercultural.  

Awapit: es una lengua indígena de la familia lingüística barbacoana hablada en el sur de 

Colombia y norte de Ecuador. 

Epera: son una nacionalidad indígena que habitan en Ecuador, Colombia y Panamá. 

Anteriormente se les conocía como Épera en Ecuador.

T'safiki: es el nombre de una lengua de la familia barbacoana de la etnia aborigen conocida

como tsáchila en su propio idioma

Cha'palachii: es un lengua indígena hablada por un número significativo de cayapas del 

noroeste de Ecuador. 

Cofán: es una lengua indígena hablada en la franja fronteriza entre Ecuador y Colombia por los

miembros de la etnia cofán.

Achuar: El achuar, también conocido como shiwiar, jívaro y maina es una lengua jívara hablada

en las zonas de los ríos Pastaza y Bobonaza en Ecuador y la zona de Morona, Macusari, Tigre

Huallaga y Corrientes en Perú.

Quichua: Es una familia de idiomas originarios de los Andes peruanos que se extiende por la 

zona occidental de América del Sur a través de siete países.​

Quechua:  Es una familia de idiomas originarios de los Andes peruanos que se extiende por la

zona occidental de América del Sur a través de siete países.​

Siona:  Es un pueblo indígena que habita en las riberas del río Putumayo entre las este y el río

Putumayo, estrechamente relacionado con la lengua de los Secoya o Piojé del Ecuador 

Secoya: En la lengua originaria del pueblo Secoya, siecoya significa “río pintado de líneas de 

olor el estallido del conflicto entre Perú y Ecuador, los secoyas se refugiaron en las quebradas

Zapara: La lengua záparo o zápara es una lengua SOV que pertenece a la familia zaparoana.

Se halla extinta en Ecuador y en el Perú Los primeros contactos con la etnia zápara se 

produjeron en 1667

Wao: El huaorani o huao es una lengua aislada hablada en la región amazónica de Ecuador

por unos 1.200 indígenas huaorani. 
 

EXTREMES SPORTS IN ECUADOR 

FREE CLIMBING

This extreme sport can be performed on walls made for this, which pretend to be the facade
of a mountain or perform in the open field climbing rocks, mountains and natural walls.
The ideal time would be summer, always protecting the skin from the sun.

CANYONING

It is the descent, mainly, through waterfalls and canyons using the basic technique of rappelling and
Wearing good safety gear including a helmet, harness, water repellent ropes, and
lifejacket; the footwear that is used is also a very important point.

KAYAK

It consists of sliding downstream through the fastest currents, trying not to turn over and
finding the best way. It is necessary to wear a protective helmet, life jacket,
a kind of special skirt at the waist, and an air bag so that the boat does not
sink.

DIVING

It is surely one of the best ways to get in touch with nature and the coasts.
of Ecuador are a perfect place for this activity due to the variety of species that are
they can find.

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN ECUADOR, SPAIN AND MEXICO