Chimborazo (Ecuador)

English: Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 AD.

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History

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  Painting by Friedrich Georg Weitsch, 1806
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Flora

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  Xenophyllum humile near the volcano Chimborazo
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  Astragalus geminiflorus
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  Nototriche jamesonii in nearly 5.000 m altitude
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  Chuquiraga jussieui
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  Halenia weddeliana

Fauna

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  Vicuña, Chimborazo behind
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  Vicuña on Chimborazo
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  Vicuñas on Chimborazo