THE PHILIPPINE

ARCHIPELAGO
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 THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND
• The Philippine island which consist of
7,107 islands that is called the Philippines
archipelago. The total land area is
approximately 300,000 square kilometers or
116,000 square miles.
• It has three main islands Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao
• The capital is Manila. Philippine is located
in the heart of Southeast Asia.

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HOW DOES THAT
THE PHILIPPINE
ISLAND FORM?

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 THEORY WHERE THE
ISLAND OF THE
PHILIPPINES POSSIBLY
CAME FROM
 RELIGION
✘ Believing that the landforms came from “God”
✘ According to Bible, After the Great Flood In Time of
Noah, Many continent appear and sunken by the flood,
maybe that’s why the archipelago of the Philippines is
surrouded by water

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 LEGENDS
✘ a GIANT who was CARRYING A HUGE ROCK; He
got tired and threw the rock down, so it broke to many
pieces and forming the many islands of our country.
✘ THE STORY OF A QUARREL between the SEA AND
THE SKY. The sky threw the rocks down to the sea, and
thus was formed the islands.

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 SCIENCE
✘ Philippines believe that we are part of a vast continent
that called Mu or Lemuria because of volcanic eruption or
eartquake some part pf that continent sank in the ocean
✘ a huge eruption caused the gradual emergence of the
islands above the ocean.
✘ Philippines believe that it is part of Sunda Shelf in the
Time of Ice Age then the melting of Ice cause the
flooding of continent and sinking it.

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“But all of this is possibilities
some might true some might
impossible to happen but at
least we can work our
imagination on how the
Philippine island created”

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 TOPOGRAPHY OF THE
PHILIPPINES
✘ The Philippines is an inveted Y SHAPED
archipelago of numerous islands,

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The 11 main islands in the
Philippines
✘ LUZON(104,687 sq. km.)
✘ MINDANAO(94,630sq.km.)
✘ SAMAR (13,080sq.km.)
✘ NEGROS (12,709sq.km.)
✘ PALAWAN(11, 785sq.km.)
✘ PANAY(11,515sq.km.)
✘ MINDORO (9,735s sq.km.)
✘ LEYTE (7,214sq. km.)
✘ CEBU (4,422sq.km.)
✘ BOHOL (3,864sq.km.)
✘ MASBATE (3,269sq.km.)
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Why the Philippine location is
important?
✘ It is the in the ONLY CHRISTIAN NATION in the non-
Christian Asian world “BEFORE”.
✘ It is the melting pot of races and cultures, with a UNIQUE
HERITAGE
✘ The bridge and crossroad of Asia’s air and sea routes

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 Philippines Mountain,
Rivers System, Volcanoes,
Earthquake and
Environmental system
 PLANT LIFE
✘ 8,120 species of plant grow in the Philippines.
✘ The “Queen of The Philippines Flowers” is the famous
“SAMPAGUITA” our national flower.
✘ The most famous of forest trees is the NARRA,” QUEEN
OF THE PHILIPPINE WOOD”. It is the national tree.

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 ANIMAL LIFE
✘ more than 200 species of mammals, 612 species of birds At
least 2,000 species of fish are found in the waters of the
Philippines archipelago.

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 Birds and Mammals
✘ The Philippine or “MONKEY EATING EAGLE”
✘ the CARABAO (water buffalo)
✘ The Tamaraw of Mindoro
✘ The TARSIER of Bohol
✘ the MOUSE DEER of Balabac

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 FISH AND SHELLS
✘ “Whale Shark” (Rhincodontypus) is called “PatingBulik”
✘ The PYGMY GOBY FISH (Pandakapygmea)
✘ “Glory Of The Sea”(Conusgloriamaris)
✘ Golden Cowrie
✘ TRIDACNA GIGAS
✘ PISIDIUM

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RANKING PRODUCTION
OF THE PHILIPPINES
✘ The Philippines ranks first in the world production
of coconuts
✘ Second in the production of sugar
✘ Fifth in the production of tobacco

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 MOUNTAIN, VOLCANOES, RIVER, AND
EARTHQUAKES IN THE PHILIPPINES
✘ The longest mountain the SIERRA MOUNTAIN ranges
from Cagayan Province
✘ The highest mountain is MT. APO in Mindanao
✘ The largest volcano in the Philippines Mayon Volcano 
✘ The narrowest strait is the SAN JUANICO STRAIT
✘ MANILA BAY the largest Bay in the Philippines

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The Ring of Fire also referred to as the
Circum-Pacific Belt or Pacific Ring of Fire, is
a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized
by active volcanoes and frequent
earthquakes. The Philippines is one of the
countries that are in The Pacific ring of fire,
that’s why we have many volcanoes and we
frequently experiencing earthquakes
 On April 22, 2019, a 6.1
magnitude earthquake 
struck the island of Luzon in
the Philippines

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TOP TEN STRONGEST
EARTHQUAKES
✘ Magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Mindanao (August 17, 1976)
✘ Magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Northern and Central Luzon (July 16, 1990)
✘ Magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Luzon (November 30, 1645)
✘ Magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Casiguran (August 2, 1968)
✘ Magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol (October 15, 2013)
✘ Magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Mindoro (November 15, 1994
✘ Magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Central Visayas (February 6, 2012)
✘ Magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Central and Southern Mindanao (March 5, 2002)
✘ Magnitude 6.5 quake in Ilocos Norte (August 17, 1983)
✘ 10. Magnitude 7.6 earthquake happened near Guiuan, Eastern Samar (August 31,
2012)

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