Balayan Bay
| Balayan Bay | ||
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| Waters | Isla Verde Street | |
| Land mass | Luzon | |
| Geographical location | 13 ° 50 ′ N , 120 ° 47 ′ E | |
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| width | approx. 30 km | |
| depth | approx. 25 km | |
| surface | 750 km² | |
| Tributaries | Pansipit | |
The Balayan Bay is an expansive sea bay in the Batangas Province in the southwest of the island of Luzon , in the Philippines . It is a sea bulge in the north of the Isla Verde Strait and extends from the Calatagan Peninsula to the Calumpang Peninsula , on which the Panay volcano is located. The coastline of the Balayan Bay is determined by a mixture of mangrove forests , sandy beaches and up to 900 meters wide marshland that dry out at low tide . In front of the coastline are numerous coral reefs . Numerous aquacultures that breed a wide range of marine fauna have been established in the places along the coast in recent decades .
The climate in the area of the Balayan Bay is tropical and humid with a pronounced dry season from November to April, the rest of the year there is regular heavy rainfall. The Balayan Bay was much larger until a series of eruptions of the Taal volcano in the 16th century and reached today's Taalsee . The Pansipit River today connects the lake with the bay.