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The Cagayan River, also known as the Río Grande de Cagayán, is the longest river [3] [1] and the largest river by discharge volume of water in the Philippines. It has a total length of approximately 505 kilometres (314 mi) and a drainage basin covering 27,753 square kilometres (10,715 sq mi). [ 2 ]
The name of the river Cagayan comes from the Malayo-Polynesian word "Ag", which means water. "Kagay" means river and "Kagayan" is place with a river. [4] This river is not to be confused with the country's longest and largest river of the same name located in northern Luzon, despite sharing similar etymology with each other.
18 Major River Basins in the Philippines Rivers in the Philippines are grouped into 18 major river basins . Of these, the Cagayan , the country's longest river, [ 1 ] has the largest drainage basin, followed by the Mindanao , the Agusan , and the Pampanga .
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Poverty incidence of Cagayan Valley 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 26.84 2009 25.50 2012 22.14 2015 17.77 2018 16.29 2021 11.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Rice fields in Nueva Vizcaya A view of Tuguegarao, Cagayan as seen in April 2011 The province of Isabela and the city of Santiago are notably the most progressive province and richest city in the region, respectively. Isabela was the 9th ...
With a length of 46 kilometres (29 mi), the river originates in the Sierra Madre [2] and passes through the Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape, [1] with large karst formations, underground chambers, and rare wild flora, before entering the Cagayan River in Tuguegarao, Cagayan. [2]
The most extensive river in the Cordillera region, it covers the provinces of Mountain Province, Kalinga and Cagayan. It is referred to as a "river of life" for the Kalinga people who live on its banks, and is well known among development workers because of the Chico River Dam Project, an electric power generation project which local residents ...
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