Gulf of Guayaquil

Satellite image of the Gulf of Guayaquil

Located on the Pacific Gulf of Guayaquil is the largest golf on the Ecuadorian coast. It was named after the largest city of Guayaquil situated on him. It extends over 230 km between Punta Pariñas in Peru and the headland of Punta de Santa Elena Salinas in Ecuador. The shores are flat and often swampy. In golf, there are 13 large and small islands, the largest of which 855 km ² with about Puná is.

In the Gulf of Guayaquil flow among others, the rivers Guayas, Jubones and Tumbes. Around the Gulf is located on an area of 3300 km ² the ecoregion Golfo de Guayaquil - Tumbes mangroves, which, inter alia pointed crocodiles, howler monkeys, Pacas, Crab-eating Raccoon and Mexican otters and marble herons, wood storks and horned screamers are native. The ecoregion is threatened by shrimp farming, among others.