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Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines, and the Luzon rain forest is the most extensive rainforest ecoregion of the country. The ecoregion includes the lowlands of Luzon and neighboring islands below 1000 meters elevation. Very little of the original rainforest remains, and the status of this area is critical/endangered. [2]
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [2]
This is a list of islands in the Greater Manila Area in the Philippines. There are several small islands located within the Greater Manila Area, particularly along the coast of Manila Bay, both natural and artificial. Many of these islands were formed by the Pasig River delta and consist of sand and mudflats.
Freedom Island located in the northern portion of the LPPCHEA in Parañaque [15] is an artificial island formed between 1973 and 1985 during the construction of the Manila–Cavite Coastal Road. [7] Freedom Island covers an area of about 74 acres (0.30 km 2) with an elevation of between 0 and 7 meters (0 and 23 ft) above sea level. [7]
Location Alibijaban: 430.00 ha (1,062.6 acres) 1981 Quezon: Awasan Bay Islands 1981 Surigao del Norte: Bantayan Island: 1981 [13] Cebu: Basot–Quinalang–Malabungot Islands 185.38 ha (458.1 acres) 1981 Camarines Sur: Caniago Strait Islands 210.00 ha (518.9 acres) 1981 Bohol: Cebu Strait Islands 34.00 ha (84.0 acres) 1981 Bohol: Dampalit ...
The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, [8] and with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), it is the world's fifth largest island country. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 9 ] The eleven largest islands contain 95% of the total land area.
The Philippines is divided into three island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is divided into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Luzon and Mindanao archipelagoes are both named after the largest island in their respective groups, while the Visayas (also referred to as the Visayan Islands) is an ...
The Philippines was never connected to mainland Asia via land bridges, [dubious – discuss] so the flora and fauna of the islands had to cross ocean straits to reach the Philippines. The Philippines is part of the Indomalayan realm , and its flora and fauna is mostly derived from tropical Asia.