El Ángel Ecological Reserve is located in the canton Espejo, in Carchi province, north of the mountains of Ecuador. It houses a huge biological and ecological diversity, represented by species of plants and animals. El Angel Ecological Reserve has an area of 15 715 hectares, 585m and 4 692 m over sea level. It is the birthplace of many rivers that eventually deposit their water in major river basins. Watch and The Angel, not in vain, are considered the wet moors of Ecuador.
The paramo of El Ángel is covered by frailejones (Espeletia pychnophyla), a giant species endemic to the area, which covers 85% of the area. These plants grow on the trunks of trees up to 6m in height and form a forest. Their flowers are similar to sunflowers, and their leaves are hairy to protect the plant from cold weather and harsh weather.
The reserve is home to numerous animals, including highlights, rainbow trout, the frog marsupial, the jambato, the duck dotted, the condor, the gli-gli coot, the moor Partridge, the curiquingues, the Andean gull, the giant heath, the Quilico, deer, dirty, wild rabbits, the Chucuri, the brocket, the fox, the buzzer, the turtle, and other species.
Its temperature ranges between 6 and 12 degrees Celsius. Between June and October, Ecological Reserve El Angel experiences summer, characterised by strong winds, intense daytime sun, freezing temperatures at night, and showers accompanied by high clouds. The months from November to May are the period of winter rains, with cloudy and snowy days and minimum temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius.
First Image by Fernando Barragán Ochoa
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Image by Mateo, Rossi y Pato Mena Manosalvas
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Source — Ecostravel
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