Lake Bato
| Lake Bato | ||
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| Geographical location | Camarines Sur Province , Bicol Region , Philippines | |
| Drain | to the Bicol river | |
| Places on the shore | Bato | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 13 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ N , 123 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 10 m | |
| surface | 28.1 km² | |
| Middle deep | 8 m | |
Lake Bato is located in the Camarines Sur Province , 9 km southwest of Iriga City in the Bicol region of the Philippines . The lake is located west of the Iriga volcano , on its shore lies the municipality of the same name, Bato .
The lake covers an area of 28.10 km² and is part of the water catchment area of the Bicol River . Important commercially used fish species are predatory catfish ( Clarias sp. ), The tilapia Tilapia mossambica and Tilapia nilotica and the carp ( Cyprinus carpio ). The climbing fish Anabas testudineus is also at home in the sea area as is shrimp of the genus Macrobrachium .