Lección 3
Panorama — Ecuador

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Información sobre Ecuador

Ecuador Geography   http://www.photius.com/
 
LANIC — Ecuador   http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/
 

You will be visiting a Website about Cuenca, Ecuador, a city that has been declared part of the World Cultural and Historical Heritage by Unesco. Go to the Website.

Cuenca de los Andes—Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad   http://www.municipalidadcuenca.gov.ec/
 
  1. Scan the headings (channels). List 5 types of information that you would expect to find at this site.
  2. Skim the links listed under each channel. List 6 cognates that you find there.
  3. Click the first link under the channel "Cuenca." It is "Ubicación." What kind of information do you find on this page? What do you infer the meaning of the ubicación is?
  4. The first two rows tell you that Cuenca is in the country of Ecuador and the province of Azuay. What is the information you find in the row labeled "Localización exacta"? Can you infer the meanings of the words grados, minutos, and segundos?
  5. "Altitud sobre el nivel del mar" means Elevation above sea level. What is the elevation of the highest spot in Cuenca? the lowest? the central square?
  6. Using your knowledge of geography and what you learned about Cuenca, speculate on what its climate might be like. Are there four seasons? Is it generally hotter or colder than where you live?

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