The Soils of Ecuador
- Authors
- Prat, Christian
- Format
- Book
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
The Andes divides Ecuador in the natural regions: Coastal Plane, Highlands and Amazonia, each one a complex and varied system of climate, landscapes, soils, and biodiversity product of the equatorial conditions of the country and the altitude. For these reasons, sunshine is not uniform in all areas of the country promoting the presence of anarchic winds and distinct pluvial regimes that controlled soil development. The Galapagos Islands emerged from the Pacific Ocean due to the eruption of submarine volcanos developing landscapes, also influenced by climate and altitude. The Coastal Plane has an extended plain of high fertility soils but step slopes around the central coastal cordillera limit agricultural production and the humid section of the north has poor ferralitic soils.
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319253176
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Language
- eng
- Topic
- ECUADOR
COASTAL PLANE
AMAZONIA
HIGHLANDS
- Repository
- Repositorio SENESCYT
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- restrictedAccess