Perched sky-high in the Andes at the foot of the snow-capped Pichincha volcano, Quito is—quite literally ... The city's dramatic setting squeezed between mountain peaks and straddling two ...

who increasingly journey four hours south from Quito into its snowy midst. Chimborazo is only the 39 th tallest mountain in the Andes, when measured from sea level, but there was a brief time in ...

Repopulating native flora in Quito, Ecuador. Most of Quito’s water comes from the paramo ecosystem in the Andes mountains surrounding the city – which are high altitude (above 11,500 feet ...

But among the holiest places in the empire were mountain peaks, which the Inca and other peoples in the Andes often regarded ... built was San Francisco de Quito – constructed on top of the ...

The Trine University Engineers Without Borders Student Chapter has been awarded an exciting new project to improve the water ...