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El Cajas National Park or Cajas National Park is a national park in the good countries of Ecuador. It is situated around 30 km west from Cuenca, the capital of the area of Azuay. The region of 285.44 km² 28,544 ha somewhere in the range of 3100 m and 4450 m above ocean level offers a tundra vegetation on a spiked scene of slopes and valleys. It was announced a National Park on November 5,1996. The name "Cajas" is gotten from the Quichua word "cassa" signifying "door to the cold mountains". It has additionally been connected to the Spanish word "cajas" boxes.

The most noteworthy point is the 4,450 m high Cerro Arquitectos Architect's Hill and the height of streets achieve higher than 4,310 meters 13,550 feet. Around 270 lakes and tidal ponds can be found in the paramo of Cajas. Luspa is the biggest of these lake and stretches out more than 78 hectares with a most extreme profundity of 68 m at an edge of 5,161 m. Like alternate lakes it is of cold inception and glaciation molded the scene of Cajas leaving U-formed valleys and gorges. Cajas gives around 60% of the drinking water for the Cuenca zone.

Two of the four streams of Cuenca start from Cajas, the Tomebamba and Yanuncay waterways which in the end deplete into the Amazon stream. Likewise the Paute stream connects to the Amazon. As the recreation center straddles the mainland partition, its western seepage, the Balao and Canar connect to the Pacific sea. The cutting edge street crosses the mainland isolate at the pass "Tres Cruces" 4,255 m. This area is the most western piece of the mainland gap of South Americas.