Geography of the Philippines, the Glossary

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1. 346 relations: Abra (province), Agus River, Agusan del Sur, Agusan River, Aklan, Albay, Albay Gulf, Aleosan, Alicia, Bohol, Allah Valley, Antipas, Cotabato, Antique (province), Aparri, Apayao, Archipelago, Arizona, Babuyan Islands, Baguio, Balangiga, Balangkayan, Bangsamoro, Bantayan Island, Barangay, Barbaza, Baselines of the Philippines, Basey, Bashi Channel, Basilan, Basilan Strait, Batanes, Batangas, Batuan, Bohol, Baungon, Benguet, Benham Rise, Bicol Region, Bilar, Bohol, Biliran, Biodiversity action plan, Bohol, Bohol Sea, Boracay, Borders of the Philippines, Borneo, Bukidnon, Bulacan, Butuan Bay, Cadiz, Negros Occidental, Cagayan, Cagayan River, ... Expand index (296 more) »

Abra (province)

Abra, officially the Province of Abra (Probinsia ti Abra; Lalawigan ng Abra), is a province in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines.

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Agus River

The Agus River is a river that flows for from Lake Lanao to Iligan Bay, Philippines.

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Agusan del Sur

Agusan del Sur, officially the Province of Agusan del Sur (Habagatang Agusan; Butuanon: Probinsya hong Agusan del Sur; Timog Agusan), is a province in Caraga region, Mindanao, Philippines.

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Agusan River

The Agusan River is third longest river in the Philippines, located in the north-eastern part of Mindanao island, draining majority of the Caraga region and some parts of Davao de Oro.

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Aklan

Aklan, officially the Province of Aklan (Akeanon: Probinsya it Akean; Kapuoran sang Aklan; Lalawigan ng Aklan), is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines.

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Albay

Albay, officially the Province of Albay (Probinsya kan Albay; Lalawigan ng Albay), is a province in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, mostly on the southeastern part of the island of Luzon.

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Albay Gulf

Albay Gulf is a large gulf in the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon island in the Philippines.

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Aleosan

Aleosan, officially the Municipality of Aleosan (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Aleosan, Jawi: ايڠد نو الاوسن; Iranun: Inged a Aleosan, ايڠد ا الاوسن; Banwa sang Aleosan; Lungsod sa Aleosan; Bayan ng Aleosan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines.

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Alicia, Bohol

Alicia, officially the Municipality of Alicia (Munisipyo sa Alicia; Bayan ng Alicia), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Allah Valley

The Allah Valley (at times also spelled Alah) is a large valley of the Allah River in the provinces of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.

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Antipas, Cotabato

Antipas, officially the Municipality of Antipas (Banwa sang Antipas; Lungsod sa Antipas; Bayan ng Antipas; Inged nu Antipas, Jawi: ايڠايد نو انتيڤاس), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines.

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Antique (province)

Antique, officially the Province of Antique (Kapuoran kang Antique; Kapuoran sang Antique; Lalawigan ng Antique), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region.

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Aparri

Aparri (Ibanag: Ili nat Aparri; Ili ti Aparri; Bayan ng Aparri), officially the Municipality of Aparri, is a 1st class municipality in the province of, Philippines.

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Apayao

Apayao, officially the Province of Apayao (Probinsia ti Apayao; Provinsiya ya Apayao; Isnag: Provinsia nga Apayao; Lalawigan ng Apayao), is a landlocked province in the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.

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Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Babuyan Islands

The Babuyan Islands, also known as the Babuyan Group of Islands, is an archipelago in the Philippines, located in the Luzon Strait north of the main island of Luzon and south of Taiwan via Bashi Channel to Luzon Strait.

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Baguio

Baguio, officially the City of Baguio (Siudad ne Bagiw; Siudad ti Baguio; Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.

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Balangiga

Balangiga (IPA: ˌbalaŋˈhɪga), officially the Municipality of Balangiga (Bungto han Balangiga; Bayan ng Balangiga), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines.

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Balangkayan

Balangkayan (IPA: ˌbalaŋˈkajan), officially the Municipality of Balangkayan (Bungto han Balangkayan; Bayan ng Balangkayan), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines.

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Bangsamoro

Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM; Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Bangsamoro sa Muslim Mindanao; منطقة باڠسامورو ذاتية الحكمفي مينداناو المسلمة, Minṭaqah Banjisāmūrū dhātiyyah al-ḥukm), is an autonomous region in the Philippines, located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao.

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Bantayan Island

Bantayan Island is an island located in the Visayan Sea, Philippines.

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Barangay

A barangay (abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as a barrio (Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward.

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Barbaza

Barbaza, officially the Municipality of Barbaza (Banwa kang Barbaza; Banwa sang Barbaza; Bayan ng Barbaza), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines.

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Baselines of the Philippines

The baselines of the Philippines (mga batayang-guhit ng Pilipinas) are the set of geodesic lines completely encircling the Philippine archipelago from where the maritime entitlements of the country are measured.

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Basey

Basey, officially the Municipality of Basey (Bungto han Basey; Bayan ng Basey), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines.

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Bashi Channel

The Bashi Channel is a waterway between Mavulis Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan.

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Basilan

Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan (Provincia de Basilan; Wilayah Basilanin; Wilaya' sin Basilan; Lalawigan ng Basilan), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

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Basilan Strait

The Basilan Strait is a strait of water separating the islands of Mindanao and Basilan in the Philippines.

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Batanes

Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes (Provinsiya nu Batanes; Ilocano: Probinsia ti Batanes; Lalawigan ng Batanes), is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region.

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Batangas

Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas (Lalawigan ng Batangas), is a first class province of the Philippines located in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Calabarzon region.

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Batuan, Bohol

Batuan, officially the Municipality of Batuan (Lungsod sa Batuan; Bayan ng Batuan), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Baungon

Baungon, officially the Municipality of Baungon (Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Baungon; Lungsod sa Baungon; Bayan ng Baungon), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines.

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Benguet

Benguet, officially the Province of Benguet (Luyag/Probinsia na Benguet; Probinsia ti Benguet), is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon.

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Benham Rise

The Benham Rise, formally designated as Philippine Rise by the Philippine government, is an extinct volcanic ridge located in the Philippine Sea approximately east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela.

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Bicol Region

The Bicol Region, commonly shortened to Bicol and designated as Region V, is an administrative region of the Philippines.

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Bilar, Bohol

Bilar, officially the Municipality of Bilar (Munisipalidad sa Bilar; Bayan ng Bilar), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Biliran

Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran (Waray-Waray: Probinsya han Biliran; Lalawigan sa Biliran; Lalawigan ng Biliran), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII).

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Biodiversity action plan

A biodiversity action plan (BAP) is an internationally recognized program addressing threatened species and habitats and is designed to protect and restore biological systems.

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Bohol

Bohol, officially the Province of Bohol (Lalawigan sa Bohol; Kapuoran sang Bohol; Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands.

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Bohol Sea

The Bohol Sea, also called the Mindanao Sea, is a sea located between the Visayas and Mindanao islands in the Philippines.

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Boracay

Boracay (often locally shortened to Bora) is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, located off the northwest coast of Panay island.

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Borders of the Philippines

As an archipelago, the Philippines shares no land borders with any country, although the country claims a land border with Malaysia as a consequence of its territorial claims over the eastern portion of the Malaysian state of Sabah.

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Borneo

Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.

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Bukidnon

Bukidnon, officially the Province of Bukidnon (Lalawigan sa Bukidnon; Lalawigan ng Bukidnon; Kapuroan sang Bukidnon; Binukid and Higaonon: Probinsya ta Bukidnon), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region.

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Bulacan

Bulacan, officially the Province of Bulacan (Lalawigan ng Bulacan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region.

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Butuan Bay

Butuan Bay is a bay and extension of the Bohol Sea or Mindanao Sea, in the northeast section of Mindanao in the Philippines.

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Cadiz, Negros Occidental

Cadiz, officially the City of Cadiz (Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Cadiz; Dakbayan sa Cadiz; Lungsod ng Cadiz), is a 2nd class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.

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Cagayan

Cagayan, officially the Province of Cagayan (Probinsia ti Cagayan; Provinsiya na Cagayan; Provinsiya ya Cagayan; Isnag: Provinsia nga Cagayan; Ivatan: Provinsiya nu Cagayan; Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering the northeastern tip of Luzon.

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Cagayan River

The Cagayan River, also known as the Río Grande de Cagayán, is the longest river and the largest river by discharge volume of water in the Philippines.

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Cagayan Valley

Cagayan Valley (Tanap ti Cagayan; Lambak ng Cagayan.), designated as Region II, is an administrative region in the Philippines.

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Calabarzon

Calabarzon (officially stylized in all caps), sometimes referred to as Southern Tagalog (Timog Katagalugan) and designated as Region IVA, is an administrative region in the Philippines.

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Calapan

Calapan, officially the City of Calapan (Lungsod ng Calapan), is a 3rd class component city and the capital of the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.

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Calatrava, Negros Occidental

Calatrava, officially the Municipality of Calatrava (Lungsod sa Calatrava; Banwa sang Calatrava; Bayan ng Calatrava), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.

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Caloocan

Caloocan, officially the City of Caloocan (Lungsod ng Kalookan), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Camalig

Camalig, officially the Municipality of Camalig (Banwaan kan Camalig; Bayan ng Camalig), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines.

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Camarines Norte

Camarines Norte (Amihanan na Camarines; Hilagang Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Norte (Bikol: Probinsya kan Amihanan na Camarines (Camarines Norte); Lalawigan ng Hilagang Camarines (Camarines Norte)), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon.

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Camarines Sur

Camarines Sur (Habagatan na Camarines; Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur (Bikol: Probinsya kan Habagatan na Camarines (Camarines Sur); Lalawigan ng Timog Camarines (Camarines Sur)), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon.

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Camiguin

Camiguin, officially the Province of Camiguin (Probinsya sa Camiguin; Lalawigan ng Camiguin; Kamigin: Probinsya ta Kamigin), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of mainland Mindanao.

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Capital city

A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.

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Capiz

Capiz, officially the Province of Capiz (Capiznon/Hiligaynon: Kapuoran sang Capiz; Lalawigan ng Capiz), is a province in the Philippines located in the central section of Western Visayas region.

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Caraballo Mountains

The Caraballo Mountains is a mountain range in the central part of Luzon island in the Philippines, situated between the Cordillera Central and Sierra Madre mountain ranges.

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Caraga

Caraga, officially the Caraga Administrative Region (or simply known as Caraga Region) and designated as Region XIII, is an administrative region in the Philippines occupying the northeastern section of Mindanao.

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Cardona, Rizal

Cardona, officially the Municipality of Cardona (Bayan ng Cardona), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines.

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Carmen, Bohol

Carmen, officially the Municipality of Carmen (Munisipalidad sa Carmen; Bayan ng Carmen), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Carmen, Cotabato

Carmen, officially the Municipality of Carmen (Banwa sang Carmen; Inged nu Karmin, Jawi: ايڠد نو كرمين; Lungsod sa Carmen; Bayan ng Carmen), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines.

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Catanduanes

Catanduanes, officially the Province of Catanduanes (Lalawigan ng Catanduanes), is an island province located in the Bicol Region of Luzon in the Philippines.

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Cavite

Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite (Lalawigan ng Kabite; Chavacano: Provincia de Cavite), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon.

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Cebu

Cebu (Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu (Lalawigan sa Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets.

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Celebes Sea

The Celebes Sea (Dagat Selebes) or Sulawesi Sea (Laut Sulawesi; Laut Sulawesi) of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula, and the west by northern Kalimantan in Indonesia.

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Central Luzon

Central Luzon (Gitnang Luzon; Kalibudtarang Luzon; Pegley na Luzon; Tengnga ti Luzon), designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines.

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Central Visayas

Central Visayas (Tunga-tungang Kabisay-an; Gitnang Kabisayaan or Gitnang Visayas) is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VII.

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Cities of the Philippines

A city (lungsod / siyudad / lunsod) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines.

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Climate change in the Philippines

Climate change is having serious impacts in the Philippines such as increased frequency and severity of natural disasters, sea level rise, extreme rainfall, resource shortages, and environmental degradation.

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Climate change vulnerability

Climate change vulnerability is a concept that describes how strongly people or ecosystems are likely to be affected by climate change.

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Cloud forest

A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level, formally described in the International Cloud Atlas (2017) as silvagenitus.

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CNN Philippines

CNN Philippines was a Philippine free-to-air television network owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN), under license from Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific.

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Coast

A coastalso called the coastline, shoreline, or seashoreis the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Cordillera Administrative Region

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera, is an administrative region in the Philippines, situated within the island of Luzon.

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Cordillera Central (Luzon)

The Cordillera Central or Cordillera Range is a massive mountain range long north–south and east-west situated in the north-central part of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

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Cotabato

Cotabato or formerly but still colloquially known as North Cotabato (Aminhan Cotabato; Maguindanaon: Utara Kutawatu, Jawi: اوتار كوتوات; Amihanang Cotabato; Amihanang Cotabato; Amianan a Cotabato; Hilagang Cotabato), officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao.

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Dagohoy, Bohol

Dagohoy, officially the Municipality of Dagohoy (Munisipalidad sa Dagohoy; Bayan ng Dagohoy), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Daraga

Daraga, officially the Municipality of Daraga (Banwaan kan Daraga; Bayan ng Daraga), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines.

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Datu Montawal

Datu Montawal, officially the Municipality of Datu Montawal (Maguindanaon: Ingud nu Datu Montawal; Iranun: Inged a Datu Montawal; Bayan ng Datu Montawal), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.

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Davao del Norte

Davao del Norte (Amihanang Dabaw; Hilagang Davao), officially the Province of Davao del Norte (Lalawigan sa Amihanang Dabaw, Lalawigan sa Davao del Norte; Lalawigan ng Hilagang Davao, Lalawigan ng Davao del Norte), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao.

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Davao del Sur

Davao del Sur (Habagatang Dabaw; Katimugang Davao), officially the Province of Davao del Sur (Lalawigan sa Habagatang Dabaw, Lalawigan sa Davao del Sur; Lalawigan ng Katimugang Davao, Lalawigan ng Davao del Sur), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao.

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Davao Gulf

Davao Gulf is a gulf situated in the southeastern portion of Mindanao in the Philippines.

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Davao Oriental

Davao Oriental (Sidlakang Dabaw; Silangang Davao), officially the Province of Davao Oriental (Lalawigan sa Sidlakang Dabaw, Lalawigan sa Davao Oriental; Lalawigan ng Silangang Davao, Lalawigan ng Davao Oriental), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao.

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Decade Volcanoes

The Decade Volcanoes are 16 volcanoes identified by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) as being worthy of particular study in light of their history of large, destructive eruptions and proximity to densely populated areas.

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Del Gallego

Del Gallego, officially the Municipality of Del Gallego (Banwaan kan Del Gallego; Bayan ng Del Gallego), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

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Depression (geology)

In geology, a depression is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area.

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Desertification

Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities.

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Dimiao

Dimiao, officially the Municipality of Dimiao (Munisipalidad sa Dimiao; Bayan ng Dimiao), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Dinagat Island

Dinagat Island is an island located northeast of Mindanao in the Philippines.

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Dinagat Islands

Dinagat Islands (Cebuano: Mga Pulo sa Dinagat; Surigaonon: Mga Puyo nan Dinagat; Kabalian: Mga Puyo san Dinagat; Waray: Mga Purô han Dinagat; Filipino: Mga Islang Dinagat), officially the Province of Dinagat Islands, is an island province in the Caraga region of the Philippines, located on the south side of Leyte Gulf.

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Dipterocarpaceae

Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Earthquake

An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Eastern Samar

Eastern Samar (Waray-Waray: Sinirangan Samar; Silangang Samar), officially the Province of Eastern Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region.

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Eastern Visayas

Eastern Visayas (Sinirangan Kabisay-an; Sidlakang Kabisay-an; Silangang Kabisayaan or Silangang Visayas) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII.

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Emden Deep

The Emden Deep, also known as the Galathea Deep or Galathea Depth, is the portion of the Philippine Trench exceeding depths in the south-western Pacific Ocean.

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Enclave and exclave

An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity.

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Energy in the Philippines

The total primary energy consumption of the Philippines in 2012 was 30.2 Mtoe (million Tonnes of oil equivalent), most of which came from fossil fuels.

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Eurasian Plate

The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Exclusive economic zone

An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.

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Exclusive economic zone of the Philippines

The exclusive economic zone of the Philippines (Philippine EEZ), per the mandate of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), consists of four subzones.

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Extreme points of the Philippines

This is a list of points in the Philippines that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location in the country.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

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Federal Research Division

The Federal Research Division (FRD) is the research and analysis unit of the United States Library of Congress.

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Flag of the Philippines

The national flag of the Philippines (pambansang watawat ng Pilipinas) is a horizontal bicolor flag with equal bands of royal blue and crimson red, with a white, equilateral triangle at the hoist.

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Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija

Gabaldon, officially the Municipality of Gabaldon (Bayan ng Gabaldon, Ilocano: Ili ti Gabaldon), is a 3rd-class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

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General Santos

General Santos, officially the City of General Santos, and abbreviated as GenSan, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Soccsksargen, Philippines.

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Geography of the Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, and with a total land area of, it is the world's fifth largest island country.

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Geothermal energy

Geothermal energy is thermal energy extracted from the Earth's crust.

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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Guimaras

Guimaras, officially the Province of Guimaras (Kapuoran sang Guimaras; Lalawigan ng Guimaras), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region.

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Guinobatan

Guinobatan, officially the Municipality of Guinobatan (Banwaan kan Guinobatan; East Miraya Bikol: Banwa ning Guinobatan; Bayan ng Guinobatan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines.

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Ifugao

Ifugao, officially the Province of Ifugao (Probinsia ti Ifugao; Lalawigan ng Ifugao), is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.

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Iligan Bay

Iligan Bay is a bay in Mindanao Island in the Philippines.

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Illana Bay

Illana Bay, also known as Iranun Bay, is a large bay of the Moro Gulf, off the southwestern coast of Mindanao island in the Philippines.

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Illegal logging

Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.

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Ilocos Norte

Ilocos Norte, officially the Province of Ilocos Norte (Probinsia ti Ilocos Norte; Lalawigan ng Ilocos Norte), is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region.

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Isabela, Basilan

Isabela, officially the City of Isabela (Chavacano: Ciudad de Isabela; Tausūg: Dāira sin Isabela; Yakan: Siudad Isabelahin; Lungsod ng Isabela), is a 4th class component city (separate) and de facto capital of the province of Basilan, Philippines.

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Island groups of the Philippines

The Philippines is divided into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jamindan

Jamindan, officially the Municipality of Jamindan (Capiznon/Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Jamindan; Aklanon: Banwa it Jamindan; Banwa kang Jamindan; Bayan ng Jamindan), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Capiz, Philippines.

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Kabacan

Kabacan officially the Municipality of Kabacan (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Kabakan, Jawi: ايڠد نو كباكن; Ili ti Kabacan; Banwa sang Kabacan; Lungsod sa Kabacan; Bayan ng Kabacan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines.

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Kalatungan Mountain Range

The Kalatungan Mountain Range in the central portion of the province of Bukidnon, Philippines, is one of the few areas in the province covered with old growth or mossy forests.

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Kalayaan, Palawan

Kalayaan, officially the Municipality of Kalayaan (Bayan ng Kalayaan), is a 5th class municipality under the jurisdiction of the province of Palawan, Philippines.

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Kalinga (province)

Kalinga, officially the Province of Kalinga, is a landlocked province in the Philippines situated within the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.

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Karst

Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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Kitanglad Mountain Range

The Kitanglad Mountain Range dominates the northern central portion of the province of Bukidnon, Philippines.

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Labo, Camarines Norte

Labo, officially the Municipality of Labo (Bayan ng Labo), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines.

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Lagonoy Gulf

Lagonoy Gulf is a large gulf in the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon island in the Philippines.

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Laguna (province)

Laguna, officially the Province of Laguna (Lalawigan ng Laguna), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon.

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Laguna de Bay

Laguna de Bay (Spanish for "Lagoon/Lake of Bay"; Lawa ng Bay), also known as Laguna Lake and alternatively spelled "Laguna de Bae", is the largest lake in the Philippines.

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Lahar

A lahar (from ꦮ꧀ꦭꦲꦂ) is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water.

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Lake Lanao

Lake Lanao (Maranao: Ranao or Ranaw) is a large ancient lake in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines.

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Lamon Bay

Lamon Bay is a large bay in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines.

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Landlocked country

A landlocked country is a country that does not have any territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie solely on endorheic basins.

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Lantapan

Lantapan, officially the Municipality of Lantapan (Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Lantapan; Lungsod sa Lantapan; Bayan ng Lantapan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines.

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Laoag

Laoag, officially the City of Laoag (Siudad ti Laoag; Lungsod ng Laoag), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

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Latitude

In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another celestial body.

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Lawaan

Lawaan, officially the Municipality of Lawaan (Bungto han Lawaan; Bayan ng Lawaan), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines.

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Legazpi, Albay

Legazpi (IPA), officially the City of Legazpi (Syudad nin Legazpi; Lungsod ng Legazpi), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Albay, Philippines.

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Leyte

Leyte is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines.

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Libacao

Libacao, officially the Municipality of Libacao (Aklanon: Banwa it Libacao; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Libacao; Bayan ng Libacao), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Ligao

Ligao, officially the City of Ligao (Siyudad kan Ligao; Lungsod ng Ligao), is a 4th class component city in the province of Albay, Philippines.

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List of active volcanoes in the Philippines

As of 2018, the Philippines has 24 volcanoes listed as active by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).

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List of bays of the Philippines

Owing to its numerous islands, the Philippines has an irregular coastline stretching 334,539 kilometers (207,873 miles).

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List of countries by length of coastline

This article contains a list of countries by length of coastline, in kilometers.

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List of headlands of the Philippines

A headland is a point of land extending into the sea.

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List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines

This is a list of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines.

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List of island countries

This is a list of island countries.

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List of islands of the Philippines

As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

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List of lakes of the Philippines

The origin of many lakes in the Philippines is closely related to volcanic and tectonic activity.

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List of mountains in the Philippines

The following is an incomplete list of mountains in the Philippines.

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List of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines

This is a list of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines, as classified by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

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List of rivers of the Philippines

Rivers in the Philippines are grouped into 18 major river basins.

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List of the orchids of the Philippines

There are about 141 genera of orchids representing about 1,100 orchid species, 900 of which are described as endemic to the Philippines.

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List of ultras of the Philippines

This is a list of all the ultra-prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 meters) in the Philippines.

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Llorente, Eastern Samar

Llorente (IPA: ˌʎoˈrɛntɛ), officially the Municipality of Llorente (Bungto han Llorente; Bayan ng Llorente), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines.

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Longitude

Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body.

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Lumber

Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.

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Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

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Luzon Strait

The Luzon Strait (Tagalog: Kipot ng Luzon) is the strait between Luzon and Taiwan.

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Madalag

Madalag, officially the Municipality of Madalag (Aklanon: Banwa it Madalag; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Madalag; Bayan ng Madalag), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines.

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Maguindanao

Maguindanao (Maguindanaon: Dairat nu Magindanaw; Iranun: Perobinsia a Magindanao; Lalawigan ng Maguindanao) was a province of the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

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Maguindanao del Sur

Maguindanao del Sur, officially the Province of Maguindanao del Sur (Dairat nu Salatan Magindanaw, Jawi:دايرت نو سلاتان مڬیندانو), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro region in Mindanao.

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Mainland

Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it." The term is often politically, economically and/or demographically more significant than politically associated remote territories, such as exclaves or oceanic islands situated outside the continental shelf.

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Makati

Makati, officially the City of Makati (Lungsod ng Makati), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, known for being one of the leading financial centers in the country.

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Malaybalay

Malaybalay, officially the City of Malaybalay (Binukid: Bánuwa ta Malaybaláy), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Bukidnon, Philippines.

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Malilipot

Malilipot, officially the Municipality of Malilipot (Banwaan kan Malilipot; Bayan ng Malilipot), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines.

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Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Manila

Manila (Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most-populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City.

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Manila Bay

Manila Bay (Look ng Maynila) is a natural harbor that serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines.

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Manila South Cemetery

The Manila South Cemetery is a cemetery in Metro Manila.

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Marabut, Samar

Marabut, officially the Municipality of Marabut (Bungto han Marabut; Bayan ng Marabut), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines.

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Marinduque

Marinduque, officially the Province of Marinduque, is an island province in the Philippines located in Southwestern Tagalog Region or Mimaropa, formerly designated as Region IV-B. Its capital is the municipality of Boac.

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Mariveles

Mariveles, officially the Municipality of Mariveles (Bayan ng Mariveles), is a municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines.

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Masbate

Masbate, officially the Province of Masbate (Masbateño: Probinsya san Masbate; Lalawigan ng Masbate), is an island province in the Philippines located near the midsection of the nation's archipelago.

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Masbate Island

Masbate Island is the largest of three major islands of Masbate Province in the Philippines.

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Mavulis Island

Mavulis Island is the northernmost of the Batanes Islands and the northernmost island in the Philippines.

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Mayon

Mayon (Bulkan Mayon; Bulkang Mayon), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano (Monte Mayón, Volcán Mayón), is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol, Philippines.

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Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila (Kalakhang Maynila), commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region (NCR; Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region and largest metropolitan area of the Philippines.

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Mimaropa

Mimaropa (officially stylized in all caps), officially the Southwestern Tagalog Region (Rehiyong Timog-Kanlurang Tagalog), is an administrative region in the Philippines.

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Mindanao

Mindanao is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably the Sulu Archipelago.

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Mindoro

Mindoro is the seventh largest and eighth-most populous island in the Philippines.

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Mindoro Strait

The Mindoro Strait (Kipot ng Mindoro) is one of the straits connecting the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea in the Philippines.

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Monsoon

A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.

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Montane ecosystems

Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains.

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Moro Gulf

The Moro Gulf is the largest gulf in the Philippines.

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Mount Apo

Mount Apo, also known locally as Apo Sandawa, is a large solfataric, dormant stratovolcano on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.

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Mount Arayat

Mount Arayat is an isolated potentially active stratovolcano in the Central Luzon plains, Philippines.

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Mount Banahaw

Mount Banahaw (also spelled as Banahao and Banájao) is an active complex volcano on Luzon in the Philippines.

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Mount Bulusan

Mount Bulusan, also known as Bulusan Volcano, is a stratovolcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

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Mount Dulang-dulang

Mount Dulang-dulang, dubbed by Filipino mountaineers as "D2" and also known as Mount Katanglad, is the highest elevation peak in the Kitanglad Mountain Range, located in the north central portion of the province of Bukidnon in the island of Mindanao.

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Mount Halcon

Mount Halcon (Bundok Halcon) and (Monte Halcón) is the highest mountain in the island of Mindoro in the Philippines.

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Mount Iriga

Mount Iriga, also known as Mount Asog, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Camarines Sur, in the Philippines.

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Mount Pinatubo

Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in Luzon island of the Philippines.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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Mountain Province

Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.

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Municipalities of the Philippines

A municipality (bayan / munisipalidad / munisipyo / puweblo; bayan; banwa; lungsod; baley; balen / balayan; banwaan; bungto; ili) is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines.

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National Institute of Informatics

The is a Japanese research institute located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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The Philippines' National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Pagmamapa at Dulugang Kaalaman), abbreviated as NAMRIA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for providing the public with mapmaking services and acting as the central mapping agency, depository, and distribution facility of natural resources data in the form of maps, charts, texts, and statistics.

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Naujan Lake

Naujan Lake is a freshwater lake in the Philippines located in the northeastern corner of the province of Oriental Mindoro on Mindoro Island.

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Negros

Negros, is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of.

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Negros Occidental

Negros Occidental (Nakatungdang Negros; Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental (Kapuoran sang Nakatungdang Negros; Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Negros), is a province in the Philippines located in the Negros Island Region.

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Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.

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Northern Mindanao

Northern Mindanao (Amihanang Mindanao; Maranao: Pangotaraan Mindanao; Hilagang Mindanao) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region X. It comprises five provinces: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, and Lanao del Norte, and two cities classified as highly urbanized, all occupying the north-central part of Mindanao island, and the island-province of Camiguin.

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Nueva Ecija

Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija (Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija, also; Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Ecija), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region.

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Nueva Vizcaya

Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya (Probinsia ti Nueva Vizcaya; Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya; Pangasinan: Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya; Lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.

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Oceanic trench

Oceanic trenches are prominent, long, narrow topographic depressions of the ocean floor.

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Pagudpud

Pagudpud, officially the Municipality of Pagudpud (Ili ti Pagudpud; Bayan ng Pagudpud), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

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Palau

Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific.

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Palawan

Palawan, officially the Province of Palawan (Probinsya i'ang Palawan; Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa.

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Palladium

Palladium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pd and atomic number 46.

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Pampanga

Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (Lalawigan ning Pampanga; Lalawigan ng Pampanga), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.

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Pampanga River

The Pampanga River is the second largest river on the island of Luzon in the Philippines (next to Cagayan River) and the country's fifth longest river.

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Panay

Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and a total population of 4,542,926, as of 2020 census.

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Pangasinan

Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan (Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan,; Probinsia ti Pangasinan; Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon.

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Pasig River

The Pasig River (Ilog Pasig) is a water body in the Philippines that connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Philippine eagle

The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines.

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Philippine Fault System

The Philippine Fault System is a major inter-related system of geological faults throughout the whole of the Philippine Archipelago, primarily caused by tectonic forces compressing the Philippines into what geophysicists call the Philippine Mobile Belt.

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Philippine Mobile Belt

In the geology of the Philippines, the Philippine Mobile Belt is a complex portion of the tectonic boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate, comprising most of the country of the Philippines.

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Philippine Sea

The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippine Archipelago (hence the name) and the largest sea in the world, occupying an estimated surface area of.

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Philippine Sea Plate

The Philippine Sea Plate or the Philippine Plate is a tectonic plate comprising oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines.

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Philippine Trench

The Philippine Trench (also called the Philippine Deep, Mindanao Trench, and the Mindanao Deep) is a submarine trench to the east of the Philippines.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Pikit

Pikit, officially the Municipality of Pikit (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Pikit, Jawi: ايڠد نو ڤيكت; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Pikit; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Pikit; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pikit) is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines.

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Pilar, Bohol

Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar (Munisipyo sa Pilar; Bayan ng Pilar), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.

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Points of the compass

The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography.

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Polillo Island

Polillo is an island in the northeastern region of the Philippine archipelago.

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Political geography

Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures.

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Polygon

In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure made up of line segments connected to form a closed polygonal chain.

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President Roxas, Cotabato

President Roxas, officially the Municipality of President Roxas (Lungsod sa President Roxas; Bayan ng President Roxas), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines.

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Provinces of the Philippines

In the Philippines, provinces (lalawigan or probinsiya) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions.

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Puerto Galera

Puerto Galera, officially the Municipality of Puerto Galera (Bayan ng Puerto Galera), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.

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Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is a protected area in the Philippines.

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Pulangi River

The Pulangi River (Cebuano pronunciation IPA);, also spelled Pulangui, is one of the major tributaries of the Rio Grande de Mindanao, an extensive river system in Mindanao, Philippines.

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Quadripoint

A quadripoint is a point on Earth where four distinct political territories meet.

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Quezon

Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon (Lalawigan ng Quezon), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon.

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Quezon City

Quezon City (Lungsod Quezon), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines.

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Quirino

Quirino, officially the Province of Quirino (Probinsia ti Quirino; Lalawigan ng Quirino), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon.

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Ragay Gulf

Ragay Gulf is a large gulf in the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon island in the Philippines, part of the Sibuyan Sea.

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Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.

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Regions of the Philippines

In the Philippines, regions (rehiyon; ISO 3166-2:PH) are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs).

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Remote sensing

Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation.

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Ridge

A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides.

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Ring of Fire

The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes.

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Rio Grande de Mindanao

The Rio Grande de Mindanao, also known as the Mindanao River, is the second-largest river system in the Philippines.

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River mouth

A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean.

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River source

The headwater of a river or stream is the farthest point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth/estuary into a lake/sea or its confluence with another river.

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Rizal (province)

Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal (Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon.

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Romblon

Romblon, officially the Province of Romblon, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region.

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Sablayan

Sablayan, officially the Municipality of Sablayan (Bayan ng Sablayan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines.

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Sagay, Negros Occidental

Sagay, officially the City of Sagay (Dakbanwa sang Sagay; Dakbayan sa Sagay; Lungsod ng Sagay), is a 2nd class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.

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Salt

In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl).

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Samal, Davao del Norte

Samal, officially the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCOS; Pulong Harding Dakbayan sa Samal; Pulong Harding Lungsod ng Samal) is a 4th class component city in the province of Davao del Norte, Philippines.

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Samar

Samar is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census.

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Samar (province)

Samar, officially the Province of Samar (Probinsya han Samar; Lalawigan ng Samar), formerly named Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region.

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San Andres, Manila

San Andres (also San Andres Bukid) is a district of Manila, Philippines.

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San Juanico Bridge

The San Juanico Bridge (Tulay ng San Juanico; Tulay han San Juanico) is part of the Pan-Philippine Highway and stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines.

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San Juanico Strait

San Juanico Strait (Sulang han San Juanico) is a narrow strait in the Eastern Visayan region in the Philippines.

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San Lorenzo Ruiz, Camarines Norte

San Lorenzo Ruiz, officially the Municipality of San Lorenzo Ruiz (Banwaan kan San Lorenzo Ruiz; Bayan ng San Lorenzo Ruiz), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines.

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San Miguel Bay

San Miguel Bay is a large bay in the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon island in the Philippines.

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San Miguel, Bohol

San Miguel, officially the Municipality of San Miguel (Munisipalidad sa San Miguel; Bayan ng San Miguel), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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San Narciso, Zambales

San Narciso, officially the Municipality of San Narciso (Ili ti San Narciso; Bayan ng San Narciso; Sambal: Babali nin San Narciso), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines.

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San Vicente, Camarines Norte

San Vicente, officially the Municipality of San Vicente (Bayan ng San Vicente), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines.

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Santo Domingo, Albay

Santo Domingo, officially the Municipality of Santo Domingo, (Banwaan kan Santo Domingo; Bayan ng Santo Domingo), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines.

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Sarangani

Sarangani, officially the Province of Sarangani (Lalawigan sa Sarangani; Kapuoran sang Sarangani; Maguindanaon: Dairat nu Sarangani, Jawi: دايرت نو سرڠان; Lalawigan ng Sarangani), is a province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen region.

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Sarangani Bay

Sarangani Bay is a bay located on the southern tip of Mindanao in the Philippines.

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Sea

A sea is a large body of salty water.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Siargao

Siargao is a tear-drop shaped island in the Philippine Sea situated 196 kilometers southeast of Tacloban.

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Sierra Madre (Philippines)

The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines.

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Silay

Silay, officially the City of Silay (Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Silay; Dakbayan sa Silay; Lungsod ng Silay), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

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Siquijor

Siquijor, officially the Province of Siquijor (Lalawigan sa Siquijor; Lalawigan ng Siquijor), is a Philippine island province (the third smallest in the country, in terms of population and land area) located within the Negros Island Region.

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Soccsksargen

Soccsksargen (officially stylized in all caps), formerly known as Central Mindanao, is an administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region XII.

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Sorsogon Bay

Sorsogon Bay is a bay in the Bicol Peninsula, located on Luzon island in the Philippines.

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South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Spratly Islands

The Spratly Islands (Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; Mandarin p; Kepulauan Spratly; Quần đảo Trường Sa) are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea.

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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries.

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Subduction tectonics of the Philippines

The subduction tectonics of the Philippines is the control of geology over the Philippine archipelago.

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Subic Bay

Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about northwest of Manila Bay.

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Subtropics

The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.

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Sulawesi

Sulawesi, also known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.

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Sulu

Sulu, officially the Province of Sulu (Tausūg: Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg; Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

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Sulu Archipelago

The Sulu Archipelago (Tausug:, Jawi: كڤولاوان سولو, Kapuluan ng Sulu) is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, in the southwestern Philippines.

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Sumilao

Sumilao, officially the Municipality of Sumilao (Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Sumilao; Lungsod sa Sumilao; Bayan ng Sumilao), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines.

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Sunda Plate

The Sunda Plate is a minor tectonic plate straddling the Equator in the Eastern Hemisphere on which the majority of Southeast Asia is located.

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Taal Lake

Taal Lake (Lawa ng Taal), formerly known as Bombón Lake, is a fresh water caldera lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

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Taal Volcano

Taal Volcano (Bulkang Taal) is a large caldera filled by Taal Lake in the Philippines.

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Tabaco

Tabaco, officially the City of Tabaco (Syudad kan Tabaco; Lungsod ng Tabaco), is a 4th class component city in the province of Albay, Philippines.

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Tablas Island

Tablas is the largest of the islands that comprise the province of Romblon in the Philippines.

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Tablas Strait

Tablas Strait (Kipot ng Tablas), also Tabuas Strait, is a strait in the Philippines separating Mindoro Island, Tablas Island, Panay and Romblon islands.

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Tagaytay Ridge

The Tagaytay Ridge, also known as the Tagaytay Range, is a mountain range located at the southern part of the province of Cavite, Philippines, with elevations averaging about above sea level.

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Tagkawayan

Tagkawayan, officially the Municipality of Tagkawayan (Bayan ng Tagkawayan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines.

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Tagoloan River

The Tagoloan River is the 13th largest river system in the Philippines in terms of watershed size, as classified by the National Water Resources Board.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Talakag

Talakag, officially the Municipality of Talakag (Bukid and Higaonon: Banuwa ta Talakag; Lungsod sa Talakag; Bayan ng Talakag), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines.

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Talisay, Negros Occidental

Talisay, officially the City of Talisay (Dakbanwa sang Talisay; Dakbayan sa Talisay; Lungsod ng Talisay), is a fourth class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.

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Tarlac

Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac (Lalawigan ning Tarlac; Luyag/Probinsia na Tarlac; Probinsia ti Tarlac; Lalawigan ng Tarlac), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region.

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Tawi-Tawi

Tawi-Tawi, officially the Province of Tawi-Tawi (Tausug: Wilaya' sin Tawi-Tawi; Sinama: Jawi Jawi/Jauih Jauih; Lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

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Tayabas Bay

Tayabas Bay is a large bay in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines.

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Tayabas Isthmus

Tayabas Isthmus, separates the Bicol Peninsula from the main part of Luzon Island, and the Bondoc Peninsula which lies between Tayabas Bay and Ragay Gulf.

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Territories claimed by the Philippines

The Philippines has claims on territories which include the Spratly Islands, portions of North Borneo, and the Scarborough Shoal.

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Thitu Island

Pag-asa Island, also known as Thitu Island (lit), Đảo Thị Tứ (Đảo Thị Tứ) and Zhongye Dao, having an area of, it is the second largest of the naturally occurringNote that in 2014 the PRC embarked on a number of reclamation projects in the Spratly Islands.

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Tibiao

Tibiao, officially the Municipality of Tibiao (Banwa kang Tibiao; Banwa sang Tibiao; Bayan ng Tibiao), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines.

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Treaty of Paris (1898)

The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898, was signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, that ended the Spanish–American War.

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Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls.

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Tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator.

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from lit) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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Typhoon

A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere and which produces sustained hurricane-force winds of at least.

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Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded.

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Typhoons in the Philippines

The Philippines is a typhoon-prone country, with approximately 20 typhoons entering its area of responsibility each year.

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Ubay, Bohol

Ubay, officially the Municipality of Ubay (Munisipyo sa Ubay; Bayan ng Ubay), is a fast growing 1st class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Valencia, Bohol

Valencia, officially the Municipality of Valencia (Munisipalidad sa Valencia; Bayan ng Valencia), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Valenzuela, Metro Manila

Valenzuela (Tagalog), officially the City of Valenzuela (Lungsod ng Valenzuela), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Visayas

The Visayas, or the Visayan Islands (Visayan: Kabisay-an,; Filipino: Kabisayaan), are one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao.

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Vitex parviflora

Vitex parviflora is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae, also known as smallflower chastetree or the molave tree.

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Volcanic explosivity index

The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) is a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions.

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West Philippine Sea

West Philippine Sea (Karagatang Kanlurang Pilipinas; abbreviated as WPS) is the official designation by the government of the Philippines to the parts of the South China Sea that are included in the country's exclusive economic zone.

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Western Visayas

Western Visayas (Kabisay-an Nakatundan; Kanlurang Kabisayaan or Kanlurang Visayas) is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Yukon

Yukon (formerly called the Yukon Territory and referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories.

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Zambales Mountains

The Zambales Mountains is a mountain range on western Luzon island in the Philippines.

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Zamboanga City

Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Ciudad de Zamboanga, Dāira sin Sambuangan, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga) or Jambangan in the native Subanon language, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippines.

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Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga del Sur (Cebuano: Habagatang Zamboanga; Subanen: S'helatan Sembwangan/Sembwangan dapit Shelatan; Salatan Sambuangan, Jawi: سلاتن سامبواڠن; Katimugang Zamboanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao.

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Zamboanga Peninsula

Zamboanga Peninsula (Lawis sa Zamboanga.; Peninsula de Zamboanga; Tangway ng Zamboanga) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region IX.

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Zamboanga Sibugay

Zamboanga Sibugay, officially the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay (Lalawigan sa Zamboanga Sibugay; Lalawigan ng Zamboanga Sibugay), is a province in the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao.

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1990 Luzon earthquake

The 1990 Luzon earthquake occurred on July 16 at 4:26 p.m. (PDT) or 3:26 p.m. (PST) on the densely populated island of Luzon in the Philippines.

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References

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