Ecuador : its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social development . iver presents itself as a continuation of the gulftowards the north, and from the southern point ofthe island at Mondragon, where the gulf really ends,to the city of Guayaquil is a distance of thirty miles. The sandy plain upon which Guayaquil is situatedforms a neck of land dividing the Guayas Riverfrom the Estero Salado, a large estuary which inno very remote geological epoch formed the deltaof the river, but which was filled up by the sandsbrought down by the current, which have n
Ecuador : its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social development . iver presents itself as a continuation of the gulftowards the north, and from the southern point ofthe island at Mondragon, where the gulf really ends,to the city of Guayaquil is a distance of thirty miles. The sandy plain upon which Guayaquil is situatedforms a neck of land dividing the Guayas Riverfrom the Estero Salado, a large estuary which inno very remote geological epoch formed the deltaof the river, but which was filled up by the sandsbrought down by the current, which have now entirelyseparated the two waterways. The Guayas Riverdescends from far beyond Guayaquil, as describedin its place. The island of Pund is of some interest. Itsgreatest length, from Punta Madinga to PuntaSalinas, is thirty miles (nautical), and its widthfourteen miles, with a total area of about 919 squarekilometres. Its surface is undulating and of smallelevation, the coast completely flat, with exclusivesalitrales • and manglares, or salt plains and man-grove swamps. A labyrinth of esteros divides the. THE COASTAL REGION 105 island almost into two parts. The general hydro-graphic and climatic conditions of the island areunfavourable for agriculture, and the principal in-dustries carried on are cattle-breeding and theextraction of the excellent timber which isencountered therein. The densely wooded characterof Puna is a striking contrast with the arid Peruvianshore to the south, the green of the exuberant foliageadding to the picturesque effect of the tropic coastallandscape. The small bluffs of the eastern shore riseabove the general level, and the low mountainousridge of the Zampo Polo runs through the is only one pueblo, or village, on Puna, bearingthe same name as the island, with a small popula-tion of about 200. This is a small shippingport and quarantine station for Guayaquil. Theprevalence of yellow fever at Guayaquil has renderednecessary the establish
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