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fiogf49gjkf0d THE PHILIPPINES ARE SITUATED OFF THE SOUTH EAST COAST OF
ASIA. THEY COVER A LAND AREA OF 300,000 SQ.KM. IT IS
SURROUNDED BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND BORDERED BY THE CELEBES
SEA TO THE NORTH, THE SULU SEA TO THE SOUTHWEST, THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA TO THE WEST AND THE PHILIPPINES SEA TO THE EAST.
IT CONSISTS OF 7,107 ISLANDS. LUZON AS THE LARGEST ISLAND.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS VARY GREATLY FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND.
ON THE LARGER ISLANDS MOUNTAIN CHAINS AND INACTIVE
VOLCANOES ARE THE MAIN FEATURES. COASTAL PLAINS ARE
GENERALLY NARROW AND INTERRUPTED BY RIVER SYSTEMS.
LAKE LUZON AND LAKE MINDANAO ARE OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN. THE
COUNTRY'S LARGEST LAKE IS, LAGUNA DE BAY, AT 900 SQ.KM.
AND SITUATED SOUTHEAST OF MANILA.
RUGGED MOUNTAINS INCLUDING SIERRA MADRE AND THE CORDILLERA
CENTRAL ARE SITUATED IN THE NORTHERN LUZON. THESE ARE
DIVIDED UP BY THE CAGAYAN RIVER VALLEY. MANILA IS SITUATED
TO THE SOUTH OF LUZON ON THE NATURAL HARBOUR OF MANILA BAY.
THE PENINSULA SOUTHEAST OF LUZON CONTAINS VOLCANOES,
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS. MIDANAO INCLUDES FIVE MOUNTAIN
RANGES, LARGE GULFS, BAYS AND A LONG COASTLINE.
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