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Mindo (also known as the Mindo Valley) is a mountainous watershed situated in the western slopes of the Andes, where two of the most biologically diverse ecoregions in the world meet: the Chocoan lowlands and the Tropical Andes. In this transitional area — which covers an area of and ranges from above sea level — three rivers (Mindo, Saloya and Cinto) and hundreds of streams irrigate the landscape, which consists of a patchwork of cloud forests, secondary forests, agricultural land, and human settlements. Politically, Mindo is a collection of rural parishes (Gualea, Nanegal, Nanegalito, Pacto) that make up the Noroccidental Administrative Zone of Quito Canton, within Pichincha Province in the northern sierra region of Ecuador. ==Tourism== From a touristic standpoint, the Mindo Valley is among the most heavily visited locations in Ecuador. Nearly 200,000 tourists visit the area annually to enjoy activities such as rafting, tubing, trekking, mountain biking, canyoning, horseback riding, birdwatching, and herping. Besides its well-developed tourism infrastructure, it offers several private reserves and lodges known for their montane forests, waterfalls and unique cloud forest biodiversity. Much of the land is privately protected, and an additional falls within the Mindo-Nambillo Ecological Reserve ((スペイン語:Bosque Protector Mindo Nambillo)). File:Mindo-Cloud-Forest-05.jpg|Landscape in Mindo Image:Tubing in South America.JPG|Tubing in Mindo Image:Zip lining in Mindo, Ecuador.JPG|Zip lining Image:Ecuador_Mindo_Bamboo_house.jpg|A bamboo and palm thatch house in Mindo Image:Waterfall in Mindo.JPG|Waterfall in the Mindo-Nambillo 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mindo, Ecuador」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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