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MIND MAP

CONTINENTAL RELIEF
-Andes Mountain
Range
Chains of volcanos in
middle and central part
of country MARRINE RELIEF
ANDES
-Galapagos
Emerge from sea
and form a
geological
structure

RELIEF OF ECUADOR

WHY ANDES GALAPAGOS


MOINTAUNS ARE
IMRPOTANT?
Andes support
different wasy such
as climate, FORMATION OF ANDES
envoriment among MOUNTAIN RANGE
others
Nacza Plate: Botton of
pacific oceand of south
amera couste.
FORMATION
1.- Drags sedimetns and rocks RANGE
form the florr of Pacific Drag material melt anf rom the
2.- Material becomes Embedded internal process on the earth,
under osuth america expelled form volvanoes
3.- Andes moeuntain formed by a
process>: Orogeny
4.- Volvanic activity is proccess of
subduction
2 Step
1 Step The crustal plate is constant
3 Step
motion. Island eventually move
Hot spt breaks throught oof the hot spot, making roon A third- fourth island form
crust and fomr the island for a second volvano island a crustal plate cnontinues
to move the stationary hot
spot

Formation
of Galpagos
Islands

How many island Why Galalpgos Islands


are in Galapgos? Biggest Island are imrpotant?
The Galapagos Islands
Galapagos island are
are located in the Pacific
The seahorse- important because
Ocean at 972 km. off the
continental coast of shaped ISABLEA support biodiversity
Ecuador, are made up of ISLAND was of fauna flora
originally named
13 islands, Albemarle Island

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