Oriente (Ecuadorian Amazon region)

E390106

Oriente is the vast, biodiverse Amazonian lowland region of eastern Ecuador, known for its tropical rainforests, Indigenous communities, and rich oil and mineral resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
natural region
borderedBy Andes
surface form: Andes Mountains

Colombia
Peru
Andean Region of Ecuador
surface form: Sierra region of Ecuador
contains Aguarico River
Morona-Santiago Province NERFINISHED
Napo Province
Napo River
Orellana Province NERFINISHED
Pastaza Province NERFINISHED
Pastaza River NERFINISHED
Putumayo River NERFINISHED
Sucumbíos Province
Zamora-Chinchipe Province
containsProtectedArea Cuyabeno Reserve buffer areas
surface form: Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve

Sangay National Park
Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park
Yasuní National Park
surface form: Yasuni National Park
country Ecuador
environmentalIssue deforestation
habitat fragmentation
oil pollution
hasCharacteristic dense rainforest
high biodiversity
sparsely populated
hasClimate humid tropical climate
hasEcoregionType tropical rainforest
hasNaturalResource copper
freshwater
gold
natural gas
petroleum
timber
inhabitedBy Achuar people NERFINISHED
Waorani people
surface form: Huaorani people

Kichwa people NERFINISHED
Secoya people
Shuar people
Siona people NERFINISHED
knownFor Indigenous cultures
high species richness
rich oil reserves
languageUsed Kichwa
Shuar
Spanish
locatedIn Amazon region of Ecuador
surface form: eastern Ecuador
locatedOnContinent South America
majorEconomicActivity ecotourism
mining
oil extraction
timber harvesting
partOf Amazon Basin
Amazonía Ecuatoriana
surface form: Ecuadorian Amazon

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Coca River region Oriente (Ecuadorian Amazon region)
Curaray River region Oriente (Ecuadorian Amazon region)
this entity surface form: Oriente region of Ecuador