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The Marikina River (Tagalog: Ilog Marikina) is a waterway in eastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest tributary of the Pasig River , with headwaters in the Sierra Madre Mountains in what was known as Montalban , presently the municipality of Rodriguez, Rizal .
The Marikina River Park today is a focal point for community and cultural activities. It hosts the annual Mama Mary Fluvial Parade and Festival and the Marikina Christmas Festival. [ 1 ] It has an amphitheater, floating stages for cultural events, a Roman Garden, Chinese Pagoda, a gazebo, riverboats and picnic grounds.
From the official protected landscape area, the Marikina River then flows through its namesake city, Marikina. Near the boundary of Marikina and Pasig cities, the river meets the gates of the Manggahan Floodway, a controlled waterway used to prevent flooding in Manila during heavy rains by diverting most of the water of the Marikina towards Laguna de Bay (i.e. Laguna Lake) instead of the Pasig ...
Metro Manila, Philippines, is located in the hydraulically complex Pasig River—Marikina River—Laguna de Bay watershed, which includes more than thirty tributaries within the urban area. [ 1 ] The following list is sorted by name, with a brief description of each.
Marikina River was transformed into a waterway, with the Marikina River Park along the riverbanks. In 1994, less than a month prior to the public release of the movie "Massacre Files" ( "Marikina Files" as earlier reported) [ 47 ] by Regal Films , [ 48 ] it was criticized by the local government, citing that it may damage the image of the ...
Wawa Dam, also known as Montalban Dam, [1] is a gravity dam constructed over the Marikina River in the municipality of Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines. [2] The slightly arched dam is situated in the 360-metre (1,180 ft) high Montalban Gorge or Wawa Gorge, [3] a water gap in the Sierra Madre Mountains, east of Manila.
Riverbanks Center – It is the largest center for shopping, commerce, business, recreation, entertainment and convention venue in Marikina, located along Andres Bonifacio Avenue and nearby Marcos Highway and former location of Universal Textiles, Asia's largest textile mills company. Riverbanks Center's e-Com buildings are listed as approved ...
Pasig is accessed by the Pasig River, wherein the waters of Marikina River channeled and the Manggahan Floodway routed to Laguna de Bay. In the first week of August 2012, intense monsoon rain caused the 2012 Philippines flooding , which affected again Pasig and particularly the National Capital Region (NCR), Calabarzon and the southwest part of ...