Videos tagged with "slopes"

Common Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha) in the Yasuni [00:34]
Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha) occur in the Neotropics of northern South America, including the upper Magdalean River valley in Colombia, throughout much of the upper Amazon basin of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil west of the Rio Negro, and in the foothills and eastern slopes of the Andes. They occur as high as 3000 meters above sea level in the Andes (Eisenberg 1989; Emmons & Feer 1990; Moynihan 1976). Common woolly monkeys are hardly ever found on the forest floor. Generally, they remain at a height of about 38 ft (12 m) but will come down as low as 22 ft (7m). Lagothrix lagotricha live in gallery, palm, flooded and nonflooded primary, and cloud forests. These animals prefer mature, continuous, undisturbed humid forests and are not found to inhabit secondary forest. (Kinzey, 1997; Nowak, 1999; Welker and Schafer-Witt, 1989) Physical Description Mass 3 to 10 kg (6.6 to 22 lbs) Length 558 to 686 mm (21.97 to 27.01 in) Common wooly monkeys are large robust animals and are one of the largest New World primates by weight. Males are generally heavier than females, and male canine teeth are significantly larger than those of females. When in captivity these animals can be much heavier in weight than 10 kg but usually individuals fall within the range of 3 to 10 kg. Head and body length ranges from 558 to 686 mm and the prehensile tail is between 600 to 720 mm. The hair is dense, short, thick, and predominantly composed of underfur. In older individuals ...
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San Francisco de Quito [02:02]
San Francisco de Quito Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin on the eastern slopes of Pichincha. more video, blogs and news at neuage.us
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Ecuador Gold Mining [02:01]
For centuries the Incas and the Spaniards exploited gold ore in Zaruma and Portovelo, southern Ecuador. With the price climbing back towards record levels of around 1000 dollars an ounce, the old mines are open again. Small scale mining is drilling the Andean slopes everywhere, with men working hard with ancient tools and techniques. Mercury and cyanide are used to extract gold, polluting the Amarillo river and causing a serious health hazard for the population.
Tags: Zaruma, mines, gold, Portovelo, Ecuador, mercury

El Teleférico de Quito [02:09]
El Teleférico is a gondola lift in Quito, Ecuador, running from the edge of the city centre up the east side of Pichincha Volcano to lookout Cruz Loma. It is one of the highest aerial lifts in the world, rising from 2950 metres (8850 ft) to 4100 metres (13400 ft). The ascent takes 40 minutes, travelling 2500 linear metres. Pichincha is an active stratovolcano in the country of Ecuador, whose capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The mountain's two highest peaks are the Guagua (4784 metres (15696 ft)), which means "child" in Quechua and the Rucu (4698 metres (15413 ft)), which means "sleeping". The active caldera is in the Guagua, on the western side of the mountain. . In October of 1999, the volcano erupted and covered the city with several inches of ash. Prior to that, the last major eruption was in 1660, when about a foot of ash fell on the city. On 24 May 1822, in the context of the war of independence of Latin America, Patriot forces defeated a Spanish colonial army on the slopes of the Pichincha. The encounter, known as the Battle of Pichincha, sealed the independence of the lands that constitute modern Ecuador. The Cotopaxi is known for being the highest volcano of the world, is in the central zone of Ecuador, in the mountain chain of the Andes to 2.750 meters of altitude, near Quito. The Cotopaxi is an active volcano and has 5.897 m of height.
Tags: Quito, Pichincha, Teleférico, Ecuador, Cotopaxi

Baeza to highlands [02:16]
A journey from Baeza on the eastern slopes of the Andes and on through the Quijos canton to the highlands before Quito, Ecuador (2007)
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