ECUADOR GALAPAGOS

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ECUADOR

The Galapagos Islands consist of 13 major islands and 17 smaller islands and some

40 rocks that make up the archipelago were born from a fiery volcano deep in the Pacific Ocean

The Galapagos islands are a province of Ecuador

There are 13 main islands. Only 3 islands are popularThere are in the equator

LOCATION

The Galapagos island are over a “hotspot “ in the earth crust The islands are always moving because the tectonics plate the old island are moving far from the news ones and the sometime are creating other

Absolute locationO,90 about 600 miles west of south America Of the coast of Ecuador　

GALAPAGOS ISLAND

CHARLES DARWIN

1535-The Galapagos Islands are discovered by the Bishop of Panama, Fray Tomas de Berlanga

1835–Charles Darwin arrived on HMS Beagle

He study the different animal in the island and why they live there.Darwin was a British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of

evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world.

D I F F E R E

20 species make their home in Ecuador

PLANTS

There are 560 native species of plants in the islands,

White Mangrove

CLIMATE

The temperature, precipitation, winds , etc. , in a particular area over a long period of time

Mild temperature rarely above 80 degrees

May to December -winds blow to the southeast cold and dry conditions

January to April warmer winds, and rain

　

TOURS Galapagos cruises around the 17 island of Galapagos

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