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Agricultural water management in the Philippines is primarily focused on irrigation. The country has 3.126 million hectares of irrigable land, 50% (1.567 million hectares) of which already has irrigation facilities. 50% of irrigated areas are developed and operated by the government through the National Irrigation System (NIS). 36% is developed by the government and operated by irrigators ...
Ilagan River. Pinacanauan River. 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]
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. [2]
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System [1] (Tagalog: Pangasiwaan ng Tubig at Alkantarilya sa Kalakhang Maynila), [5] formerly known as the National Waterworks and Sewerage System Authority (NAWASA), is the government agency that is in charge of water privatization in Metro Manila and nearby provinces of Cavite and Rizal in the Philippines.
Pantabangan Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Pampanga River located in Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines. The multi-purpose dam provides water for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation while its reservoir, Pantabangan Lake, affords flood control. The reservoir is considered one of the largest in Southeast ...
Seas of the Philippines (7 C, 10 P) Sounds of the Philippines (2 P) Springs of the Philippines (2 C, 7 P) Straits of the Philippines (1 C, 24 P) Categories: Landforms of the Philippines. Bodies of water by country. Water in the Philippines. Bodies of water of Asia by country.
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 ...
256,000 kW^ 1. Angat Dam ( Tagalog: [aŋˈɡat]) is a concrete water reservoir embankment hydroelectric dam in the Philippines that supplies Metro Manila and nearby provinces with water. It was a part of the Angat- Ipo - La Mesa water system. The reservoir supplies about 90 percent of raw water requirements for Metro Manila through the ...