Ryan Carlo P.

Conde
January 31, 2017
BS-Biology IV
BIO09

TOP 10 RIVERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Cagayan River, the Rio Grande de
Cagayan in Cagayan Valley in the
northeastern part of Luzon is the
longest and largest river in the
archipelago. It is 505 kilometers
long and traverses through the
provinces of Cagayan,
Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and
Quirino. The Cagayan River is one
of the most important water
sources in the northern part of the
country. It passes through primary
forests and supports the lives of
many plants and animals,
including endemic and
endangered species, such as the
rare riverine fish the locals
called ludong, the Luzon bleeding-
heart pigeon, and the Philippine
eagle.
South of the country, in the island
of Mindanao is the second largest
river system in the Philippines, the
Rio Grande de Mindanao, also
known as the Mindanao River. It
runs the length of approximately
373 kilometers (or 232 miles),
serving as an important
transportation artery on the island.
Mindanao River has its headwater
in the mountains of Impasugong of
Bukidnon and its source in the
Central Mindanao Highlands. It
traverses through Cotabato City,
Datu Piang and Midsayap.
Agusan River. It rises in the
southeast of the island and flows
northward for 350 kilometers to
enter Bohol Seas Butuan Bay. The
river passes through a number of
communities including Buenavista,
Butuan and Cabadbaran, and
supports main forest areas in
Agusan where a productive forest
industry thrives. Vast fields of rice
and plantations of coconut,
bamboo and various fruits rely on
the river as well.

The Pulangi River is an extensive

river system in Bukidnon and is
one of the tributaries of the Rio
Grande de Mindanao. It runs
through a length of 320
kilometers, winding though the
Maapag Plain in Valencia City and
many other municipalities from its
source in Barangay Kalabugao,
Impasugong, Bukidnon. It other
sources are Mount Kalatungan,
Kitanglad Mountain Range and
Mount Dulang-dulang.

the Pampanga River or what is

also known as the Rio Grande de
Pampanga. It is the fifth longest in
the whole archipelago and the
second in Luzon. It flows from the
Sierra Madre and wind south and
southwesterly course for 260
kilometers until it reaches Manila
Bay. Pampanga River plays an
important economic role in Luzon.
It supports farms in the province
of Nueva Ecija and many other
communities lying around it.
Spanning two regions namely the
Ilocos Region and the Cordillera
Administrative Region, the Abra
River has a wide estimated
drainage area reaching 5,125
square kilometers.

the Agno River boasts of being the

largest river in the whole
Philippines in terms of water
discharge, leading out 6.6 cubic
kilometers of fresh water straight
into the Lingayen Gulf.

Magat river has the distinction as

the biggest tributary to Cagayan
River. Many dams and irrigation
canals have been constructed
including Magat Reservoir. Added
to these is a string of hydroelectric
power plants that help power up
the region.
The Chico River is a river system in
the Philippines in the island of
Luzon, encompassing the regions
of Cordillera and Cagayan Valley.It
is referred to as a "river of life" for
the Kalinga people who live on its
banks, and is well known among
development workers because of
the Chico River Dam Project, an
electric power generation project
which local residents resisted for
three decades before it was finally
shelved in the 1980s.

The Davao River catchment is the

third largest river catchment on
the Southern Philippines Island of
Mindanao. It drains an area of over
1700 km with a river length of
160 km.