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Philippine

Terrain

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LAND FORMS
Hill

a landform that extends


above the surrounding
terrain, in a limited area
Chocolate Hills
Himontagon Hill
Mountain

a large landform that stretches


above the surrounding land in a
limited area usually in the form of
a peak
Mount Guiting-Guiting
Mount Hamiguitan
Mount Kabuyao
Mount Lantoy
Mount Talinis
Mount Apo
Volcano

an opening, or rupture, in a planet's


surface or crust, which allows hot, molten
rock, ash, and gases to escape from below
the surface
Hibok-Hibok Volcano
Kanlaon Volcano
Mayon Volcano
Pinatubo Volcano
Taal Volcano
Mountain Range

a chain of mountains bordered by


highlands or separated from other
mountains by passes or valleys
Kitanglad Mountain Range
Kalatungan Mountain Range
Sierra Madre
Cordillera Mountains
Zambales Mountain Range
Peninsula
a peninsula is a piece of land that is
nearly surrounded by water but
connected to mainland via an isthmus.
Cavite Peninsula
Bataan Peninsula
San Ildefonso Peninsula
Bicol Peninsula
Caramoan Peninsula
Island

An island is any piece of land


that is surrounded by water.
Hundred Islands
Bantayan Island
Boracay Island
Mactan Island
Tubbataha Reef
Corrigedor Island
Valley

In geology, a valley is a
depression with predominant
extent in one direction.
Compostela Valley
Arakan Valley
Echo Valley
Cagayan Valley
Allah Valley
Cave
a natural underground void
large enough for a human to
enter.
Callao Cave
Macahambus Cave
Huluga Cave
Tabon Cave
Hinagdanan Cave
WATER FORMS
River

a natural watercourse, usually


freshwater, flowing toward an
ocean, a lake, a sea or another river
Cagayan River
Rio Grande de Mindanao
Agusan River
Agno River
Pasig River
Pampanga River
Bicol river
Loboc River
Puerto Princesa Subterranean
River
Waterfalls
a place where flowing water rapidly
drops in elevation as it flows over a
steep region or a cliff
Abaga Falls
Maria Cristina Falls
Pagsanjan Falls
Tinago Falls
Tinuy-an Falls
Lake

a terrain feature, a body of liquid on


the surface of a world that is
localized to the bottom of basin and
moves slowly if it moves at all
Laguna de Bay
Taal Lake
Lake Sampaloc
Lake Buhi
Naujan Lake
Lake Lanao
Strait
a narrow, navigable channel of
water that connects two larger
navigable bodies of water
Balabac Strait
San Bernardino Strait
Mindoro Strait
Cebu/Bohol Strait
San Juanico Strait
Bay

A bay is an area of water


bordered by land on three
sides.
Batangas Bay
Manila Bay
Subic Bay
Canacao Bay
Lamon Bay
Gulf

A gulf is a large bay that is an


arm of an ocean or sea.
Albay Gulf
Panay Gulf
Leyte Gulf
Lingayen Gulf
Moro Gulf
Sea

a large expanse of saline water


connected with an ocean
Bohol Sea
Camotes Sea
Celebes Sea
Sulu Sea
Visayan Sea
Swamp

a wetland featuring temporary or


permanent inundation of large areas
of land by shallow bodies of water
Candaba Swamp
Philippine Trench

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