Laguna de Bay
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| Satellite image of the Laguna de Bay | ||
| Geographical location | CALABARZON Region , Luzon , Philippines | |
| Drain | Pasig | |
| Islands | Talim Island | |
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 23 '0 " N , 121 ° 15' 0" E | |
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| surface | 911 to 949 km² | |
| length | East-west 47.3 km | |
| width | North-south 40.5 km | |
| volume | 2.25 km³ | |
| Maximum depth | 20 m | |
| Middle deep | 2.5 m | |
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The Laguna de Bay is the largest lake of the Philippines and the third largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia after the Tonle Sap in Cambodia and the Lake Toba on the island of Sumatra , Indonesia . It is located on the island of Luzon between the provinces of Laguna in the south and Rizal in the north.
The Metro Manila is located in the northwest along the coast. The area of the lake is 949 km², it has an average depth of only 2 m, the maximum depth is 20 m. The lake is shaped like a W , with two peninsulas protruding from the north coast.
The Laguna de Bay flows over the Pasig into the Manila Bay . The lake is littered with fishing nets from local fishermen who fish there regularly.
By far the largest of the lake's nine islands is Talim Island , which is part of the towns of Binangonan and Cardona in the Rizal province.
Laguna de Bay is a Spanish expression, so called because of the city (bay) in the province of Laguna. According to the Vocabulario de Lengua Tagala of 1613 printed in Pila , the name was Pulilan before the Spanish colonization .
Web links
Laguna de Bay in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Adelina Santos-Borja, Dolora N. Nepomuceno: Laguna de Bay. Experience and Lessons Learned Brief ( Memento of the original dated June 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 850 kB), International Lake Environment Committee Foundation, Kusatsu, Japan 2005, accessed on March 30, 2013 (English)
