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The Cagayan River and its tributaries are subject to extensive flooding during the monsoon season in Southeast Asia from May to October.. The average annual rainfall in 1,000 millimetres (39 in) in the northern part and 3,000 millimetres (120 in) in the southern mountains where the river's headwaters lie.
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.
It is the largest tributary of the Cagayan River by discharge volume of water, with an estimated drainage area of 5,200 square kilometres (2,000 sq mi), roughly twenty percent of the total drainage area of the Cagayan River.
The Chico River (Spanish: Río Chico de Cagayán), is a river system in the Philippines in the island of Luzon, encompassing the regions of Cordillera and Cagayan Valley.It is the longest tributary of the Cagayan River with a total length of 233 km (145 mi).
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 Ilagan River, also known as the Pinacanauan de Ilagan River, [2] is a river in the province of Isabela, Cagayan Valley, Philippines. It is one of the major tributaries of the Cagayan River , the largest river in the Philippines.
Magat Dam is a large rock-fill dam in the island of Luzon in the Philippines.The dam is located along the Magat River, a major tributary of the Cagayan River.The construction of the dam started in 1975 and was completed in 1982.
The Pinacanauan River, also known as the Pinacanauan de Tuguegarao, is a tributary of the Cagayan River located in the province in Cagayan, in the northern portion of Luzon in the Philippines.