Melgar, Municipality of Basilisa, Province of Dinagat Island, Lake Bababu Underwater Cave

is the Philippines' longest underwater cave to date. Bababu Lake – the largest of four marine
lakes in Basilisatown – is also a unique body of water. Although composed mostly of seawater,
it has a 20-foot top layer of rainwater.Mar 9, 2017

Located in Brgy. Melgar, Municipality of Basilisa, Province of Dinagat Island, Lake Bababu
Underwater Cave is the Philippines’ longest underwater cave to date.
Bababu Lake – the largest of four marine lakes in Basilisa town – is also a unique body of water.
Although composed mostly of seawater, it has a 20-foot top layer of rainwater. These two layers
of water do not mix because the lake is protected from the wind by towering chalk-white
limestone walls draped in riotous foliage. The name of the lake area was derived from the
Cebuano words baba sa buwaya or crocodile’s mouth, referring to the shape of Babas Cove,
the inlet that funnels to a small white-sand beach where the lake trail begins.
Seas in Libjo, Dinagat Islands

Jelmar’s Beach Resort, Magsaysay Libjo, Dinagat Islands

Differences Between Bodies of

Water
Water is essential to life and appears in different forms across the globe: fresh or salty,
partly or completely surrounded by land, long and narrow or wide and round.
Understanding the sometimes subtle and sometimes great differences between the
different types of bodies of water can help you to grasp how they all work and help to
provide for life as we know it on planet Earth.

Ocean
Oceans, the largest bodies of water, cover more than two-thirds of the Earth's surface.
An ocean is a vast body of salt water that surrounds a continent.

Sea
A sea is also a body of salt water, partly or completely surrounded by land, and often
connected to the ocean. Seas are generally smaller than oceans.

River
A river is a large, flowing body of water that empties into a sea or an ocean. Streams,
creeks, and brooks are smaller tributaries of a river.

Lake
A lake is a large body of water that is surrounded on all sides by land. Lakes are
generally larger and deeper than ponds.

Pond
A pond is also surrounded on all sides by land and is typically smaller than a lake. Many
lakes and ponds are human-made.

Lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of salt or brackish water along a coastal area. It is usually
separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed barrier beach area.

Cove
A cove is a small circular or oval inlet along a coastal area, often with a protected
entrance. The water is partly enclosed by land formed by soft rock.

Fjord
A fjord is a sea inlet characterized by long, narrow cliffs bordering it on either side.

Channel
A channel is a body of water that connects two larger bodies of water and is often used
for transportation and navigational purposes.

Bay
A bay is a body of water partly enclosed by land and typically smaller than a gulf. Bays
generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea areas because they are
protected by the land.