Physical Features of The Philippines

The Philippine Islands are the

Large expanses of level land are
tops of underwater mountains
rare, although it has been
formed by outpourings of
estimated that with terracing
molten materials from the
nearly half of the Philippines is
earth's interior. Consequently,
potentially arable. The largest
igneous rock appears
lowlands are on Luzon and
throughout most of the
Mindanao. Foremost is the
archipelago. Submergence of
Central Plain in western Luzon,
the entire area, after formation
which extends over 100 miles
of these mountains, resulted in
(160 km) from Lingayen Gulf
the deposit of various marine
south to Manila Bay. The plain
sediments over the lava
continues southward into the
underlay. The process of
volcanic hills beyond Batangas
mountain forming has not
and Laguna provinces and
stopped, as is indicated by
averages 40 miles (65 km) in
recurring earth tremors and
width. Cagayan Valley in the
volcanic action. One of the
extreme northeastern portion of
most unstable parts of the
Luzon, between the Cordillera
earth's crust, the Philippines
Central and the Sierra Madre, is
lies between the continental
equally fertile and an important
periphery of Southeast Asia
rice-growing area. In Mindanao,
and the Philippine (Mindanao)
inside the coastal highlands on
Trench. Descending 34,440
the east, an alluvial plain extends
feet (10,497 meters) below sea
from the Agusan River in the
level, the Philippine Trench is
north to Davao in the south
one of the deepest parts of any
ocean.
 REGIONS IN The Philippines

The Philippines is subdivided into seventeen (17) regions – eight (8)

in Luzon, three (3) in the Visayas, and six (6) in Mindanao. These
regions are not local government units but their existence is primarily
for administrative purposes. Thus in each region, a city is designated
as the center where each of the national government agencies have
a regional office.
https://www.philatlas.com/regions.html

 Region I – Ilocos Region  Region IX – Zamboanga Peninsula

 Region II – Cagayan Valley
 Region III – Central Luzon
 Region IV-A – CALABARZON
 MIMAROPA Region
 Region V – Bicol Region
 Region VI – Western Visayas
 Region VII – Central Visayas
 Region VIII – Eastern Visayas
 Region X – Northern Mindanao
 Region XI – Davao Region
 Region XII – SOCCSKSARGEN
 Region XIII – Caraga
 NCR – National Capital Region
 CAR – Cordillera Administrative Region
 BARMM – Bangsamoro
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao