Podocarpus National Park (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Podocarpus National Park is a national park located in the provinces of Zamora Chinchipe and Loja, in the south-east of Ecuador. It was created in 1982. It covers 146,280 km, from two spurs of the eastern range of the Andes to the basins of the Nangaritza, Numbala and Loyola rivers. About 85% of the park is in the province of Zamora Chinchipe and the remainder in the province of Loja. The Podocarpus National Park contains a complex of more than 100 lagoons, among the best-known being the Lagunas del Compadre. Also there are waterfalls, and several classes of mammals and plants. Some unique biological adaptations have developed within the park, especially amongst birds. The park has two main entrances corresponding to its two ecological zones. One is in 'Cajanuma Sector' in the high zone. The other is in 'Bombuscaro Sector', corresponding to the Bombuscaro River in the low zone.