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Taal Lake. / 13.98472°N 121.01583°E / 13.98472; 121.01583. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Taal Lake ( Tagalog: Lawa ng Taal, IPA: [taʔal] ), formerly known as Bombón Lake, [ 2][ 3] is a fresh water caldera lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The lake fills Taal Volcano, a large ...
Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, [ 103 ] for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water. Water occurs as both "stocks" and "flows". Water can be stored as lakes, water vapor, groundwater or aquifers, and ice and snow.
Tubbataha Reef. / 8.95333°N 119.86750°E / 8.95333; 119.86750. The Tubbataha Natural Park, also known as the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park ( Filipino: Bahurang Tubbataha ), is a protected area of the Philippines located in the middle of the Sulu Sea. The marine and bird sanctuary consists of two huge atolls (named the North Atoll and ...
Today, environmental problems in the Philippines include pollution, mining and logging, deforestation, threats to environmental activists, dynamite fishing, landslides, coastal erosion, biodiversity loss, extinction, global warming and climate change. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Due to the paucity of extant documents, a complete history of land use in the ...
Water conservation aims to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, protect the hydrosphere, and meet current and future human demand. Water conservation makes it possible to avoid water scarcity. It covers all the policies, strategies and activities to reach these aims. Population, household size and growth and affluence all ...
Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. [ 1] Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap. Sanitation systems aim to protect human health by providing a clean environment that will stop the transmission of ...
The Oceanarium has seven sections and contains 3,000 cubic meters (110,000 cu ft) of sea water. [5] Its main feature is the 25-meter (82 ft) 220° curved walkway tunnel after a 55-meter (180 ft) walkthrough inside the Oceanarium. The water used in the Oceanarium is derived from Manila Bay, which is filtered to be suitable to marine life. It ...
Laguna de Bay ( Spanish for "Lagoon/Lake of Bay "; Filipino: Lawa ng Bay, [bɐˈʔi] ), also known as Laguna Lake and alternatively spelled " Laguna de Bae ", [ 1] is the largest lake in the Philippines. It is located southeast of Metro Manila, between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the north.