What country features Guayaquil as its largest city and has two high parallel ranges of the Andes traversing it north to south?

What country features Guayaquil as its largest city and has two high parallel ranges of the Andes traversing it north to south?

• A. Ecuador
• B. Peru
• C. Colombia
• D. Bolivia

Answer: (A)

Guayaquil being the largest city points to Ecuador. In Ecuador, the Andes run roughly north to south as two major parallel cordilleras (often described as Western and Eastern ranges), with a highland area between them. That combination of a coastal city that is the country’s largest and a landscape featuring two parallel north–south mountain ranges fits Ecuador precisely. The other countries listed have different largest cities and their Andean geography isn’t described by two prominent parallel ranges in the same way.

Guayaquil being the largest city points to Ecuador. In Ecuador, the Andes run roughly north to south as two major parallel cordilleras (often described as Western and Eastern ranges), with a highland area between them. That combination of a coastal city that is the country’s largest and a landscape featuring two parallel north–south mountain ranges fits Ecuador precisely. The other countries listed have different largest cities and their Andean geography isn’t described by two prominent parallel ranges in the same way.