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Laguna de Bay is a large shallow freshwater body in the heart of Luzon Island with an aggregate area of about 911 km 2 (352 sq mi) and a shoreline of 220 km (140 mi). [8] . It is considered to be the third largest inland body of water in Southeast Asia after Tonle Sap in Cambodia and Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Laguna de Bay covers almost one half of the 190,000 hectares total area of all existing lakes in the Philippines (Laguna de Bay Master Plan, 1995). The lake is bounded by the Sierra Madre mountain ranges on the northeast, the Caliraya volcanic plateau on the east, mountains of Laguna and Batangas including Mt. Banahaw and Mt. Makiling on the ...
Laguna de Bay, lake, the largest inland body of water in the Philippines, on Luzon just southeast of Manila. Probably a former arm or extension of Manila Bay cut off by volcanism, Laguna de Bay (Spanish: “Lake Bay”) has a normal area of about 356 square miles (922 square km) and is about 32 miles.
This almost heart-shaped lake, located 13 degrees 55’ to 14 degrees 50’ N latitude and 20 degrees 50’ to 121 degrees 45’ E longitude at 15 kilometers southeast of Manila, has three (3) distinct bays, namely: West Bay, Central Bay and East Bay. Its southernmost portion is called the South Bay.
Laguna de Bay is the largest lake in the Philippines and the third largest inland body of water in South-East Asia, after Toule Sap of Cambodia and Lake Toba of Sumatra.
Laguna de Bay Watershed Greening Program. E.O. 26 aims to plant 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares to areas covering forestlands, mangrove and protected areas, ancestral domains, civil and military reservations, urban areas under greening plan of LGUs, inactive and abandoned mine sites, and other suitable lands within public domain.
Mar 22, 2020 · One of the Philippines’ chief sources of freshwater fish, Laguna de Bay is the country’s largest inland body of water, and Southeast Asia’s third largest freshwater lake.
