What is the name of our country?

Why did we get  Sierra Madre (the longest continuous range in

this name? the country)
 Early Chinese Traders – MA-YI  Mindoro Range
 Claudius Ptolemy (Greek Mapmaker) –  Tagaytay Range
MANIOLAS  Mountain ranges in Visayas:
 Ferdinand Magellan (1521) –  Kanlaon Volcano (divide negros into two
ARCHIPELAGO OF ST. LAZARUS sections)
 Ruy Lopez de Villalobos - FELIPINAS  Mount Madia-as (found in Panay which
separate Antique to Iloilo, Capiz and Aklan)
“LOCATION AND CLIMATE”  Mountain ranges in Mindanao:
• The country is situated in ASIA particularly in  Surigao range
the southeast portion of the continent.  Butuan range
THREE LARGE WATER FORMS:  Central Western range
 South China Sea – North and West  Western range
 Philippine Sea – East  Mount Apo (highest mountain in the country)
 Celebes Sea - South
• Strategic location : Southeast Asia “PHYSICAL FEATURES (Volcanoes & Earthquakes)
• Its archipelago consisting of 7107 islands  Numerous volcanoes are found in Luzon,
and islets (7641 updated). Visayas and Mindanao.
Largest Islands: MOUNT MAYON
 Luzon  Located in Albay
 Mindanao  Nearly perfect cone
 Palawan  The most active and popular volcano
 Samar MOUNT TAAL
 Negros  Located in Batangas
 Panay  Considered the world’s smallest volcano
 Mindoro  Second of the most active volcanoes in
Three main groups: the country
 LUZON – major island in the North MOUNT PINATUBO
 Visayas – in the center if the  located on the tripoint boundary of the
archipelago Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac
 Mindanao – South and Pampanga
 Northernmost point – Y’ami Isle  Erupted in 1991
 Southernmost point – Saluag Isle  The damage wrought made it the Worlds
 Climate : TROPICAL most destructive volcano.
 2 main seasons : DRY and WET  Owing to the fact that the country is located
in the Pacific ring of fire or the earthquake
“ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION” belt, the Philippines lies within the most
 The country consist of 81 provinces divided volcanic region on earth.
into 17 regions  It has more than 100 seismic faults spanning
the islands of Luzon and Mindanao.
“PHYSICAL FEATURES”(Mountain Ranges)  Consequently, the country has experienced
 The surface of the land is basically rugged or severe and destructive earthquakes resulting
mountainous from Visayas to Luzon. into destruction of lives and properties.
 Notable among the mountain ranges in Luzon
are the: “PHYSICAL FEATURES”( River and Fluvial system)
 Caraballo del Sur  River systems of the country are EXTENSIVE
 Caraballos Occidentales
LUZON:
 Rio Grande de Cagayan (longest river in “NATURAL RESOURCES” (Flora and Fauna)
the country with 505km)  The country has a rich plant and animal life.
 Agno Grande (Third longest river)  8120 species of plants grow
 Abra River System  1000 varieties or orchids
 Rio Grande de Pampanga (second largest  1000 species of rice
river in the country)  3000 species of trees
MINDANAO SAMPAGUITA – Queen of the Philippine Flowers
 Rio Grande de Mindanao (largest river star-shaped, snow-white, sweetly-scented flower
system approximately 182 km long, with - national flower
water sports and boat racing activities as PUNG-APUNG – one of the worlds largest flower.
its main attractions. with a diameter of one foot.
 Agusan River (this river is used as a
transportation channel for logs that are  About 850 species of birds are found in the
floated downstreams to mills for country, more than in Australia, Japan and
processing into lumber and plywood other Asian countries.
EASTERN SARUS CRANE
“LAKES”  Biggest bird known as TIPOL in Luzon and
 Laguna de Bay (Largest lake in the Philippines LABONG in Visayas.
and second in Southeast Asia)  A wading bird with very long legs and
 Lake Lanao (second largest lake in the neck. When full grown, it is five and half
country) feet tall with a wing span of seven feet.
 Lake Taal (third largest lake)
 Lake Mainit (fourth largest lake) OTHER REMARKABLE BIRDS:
 Naujan Lake (fifth largest lake) PHILIPPINE or MONKEY-EATING EAGLE
 The worlds largest eagle.
“COASTLINE”  National Bird
 Almost all the big and small islands in the KALAW
country have natural harbors, which have
 Clock of the Mountain
provided refuge for large vessels in times of
emergency. KATALA
MANILA BAY
 Can talk and sing like human
 located in the island of Luzon
 considered one of the finest harbors in PALAWAN PEACOCK
the world today
 A dancing bird with gorgeous plumage
“FLAT AREAS” LIMBAS
 CENTRAL PLAIN OF LUZON – Nueva Ecija
 A hawk which screams repeatedly as it
- Considered the largest plain and has been
soars into the sky
known as the Rice Granary of the
Philippines  TIK-WEE, TIK-WEE, TIK-WEE!
 CAGAYAN VALLEY – Candon, Ilocos Sur
 Regarded as the greatest tobacco-
producing region, not only in the
Philippines but in Asia as well.
MOST USEFUL ANIMAL: HUGE WHALE SHARK (Rhincodon typus)
 Called “Pating Bulik” by fishermen
CARABAO (water buffalo)
because of its black stripes.
 The farmer’s bestfriend
 It is about 50 feet in length and weighs
 Slow as a turtle, it is very strong like an
several tons and was first sighted in 1816
elephant
at Mariveles Bay.
PYGMY GOBY FISH (Pandaka Pygmea)
MOST UNIQUE ANIMAL:
 Has a length of 9.6 millimeters about the
 Tamaraw size of a grain of rice.
 Tarsier  It was found in 1925 by Dr. Albert Herre,
 Mouse Deer an American scientist at Malabon River.
 Zebronkey
TABIOS
FOREST RESOURCES  About 3 to 4 millimeters in length, was found
 The forest lands have a total area of in Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur.
16,633,000 hectares, representing 55% of the
total land area. Of this total forest area,  Of the worlds 60,000 species of shells, some
14,452,650 hectares are non-commercial 20,000 are available in the Philippines.
forest.  The worlds rarest and most expensive shell,
 In Asia, the Philippines ranks third in forest called “Glory of the Sea” and the “Golden
reserves, Indonesia being the first and Japan Cowrie”
the second.
 Unfortunately, illegal loggers are destroying TRIDACNA GIGAS – world’s largest shell
the forest at the rate of about 170,000 PISIDIUM – world’s smallest shell
hectares a year, the fastest rate of
denudation in the world. PEARL OF ALLAH
 The causes of this deforestation are the  world’s largest natural pearl
destructive kaingin-farming, fires and illegal  found in 1934 by a muslim Filipino diver who
logging. gave it to his Datu.
 It is said to be 350 years old and measures 9 ½
NARRA TREE by 5 ½ inches in size and is 14 pounds in
- Queen of the Philippine wood weight.
- Our national tree  it was valued at US$3.5 million.

“FISH AND MARINE RESOURCES”

 At least 2,000 species of fish are found in the
waters of the archipelago.
 RIVERS, CREEKS and LAKES
the banak (mullet), dalag (mudfish), ayungin,
kandule (catfish).
 DEEP SEAS AND BAYS
Lapu-lapu (sea-bass), tamban (sardine),
talakitok (pampano), tanguigui (mackerel)
 FISHPONDS
Bangus (milk-fish), Tilapia

 Both the worlds largest fish and the worlds

two smallest fish are found in the Philippines.