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Geographic Features of The Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago located in Southeast Asia consisting of over 7,600 islands. It has a tropical climate with high temperatures, humidity, and rainfall year-round. The country is divided into 18 regions with diverse geography including mountainous interiors, coastal plains, river systems, and lakes. The Philippines has abundant natural resources and biodiversity despite much of its terrain remaining unexplored.

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Geographic Features of The Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago located in Southeast Asia consisting of over 7,600 islands. It has a tropical climate with high temperatures, humidity, and rainfall year-round. The country is divided into 18 regions with diverse geography including mountainous interiors, coastal plains, river systems, and lakes. The Philippines has abundant natural resources and biodiversity despite much of its terrain remaining unexplored.

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BALIKAN NATIN ANG

PILIPINAS!
PHILIPPINES GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES
The Philippines is located in Southeast Asia.

• West by the South China Sea


• East by the Pacific Ocean
• South by the Sulu and Celebes Seas
• North by the Bashi Channel.
Philippines' Neighboring Country
North: Taiwan
Southwest:
Northeast: Japan Malaysia and Brunei

East and southeast: Palau West: Vietnam

South: Indonesia Northwest: China


NAMES GIVEN FOR

THE PHILIPPINES
PEARL OF THE
ORIENT SEAS
A name given by DR. Jose
Rizal to describe the
Philippines
Las Islas Filipinas
Term used by a Spanish
explorer Ruy Lopez de
Villalobos upon his arrival in
the islands of samar and leyte
in 1543.
Las Islas de San Lazaro
Ferdinand Magellan named the
place La Islas de San Lazaro
When they reached the shore
Homonhon, Samar in 1521.
Caesarea Caroli
Ruy Lopez de Villalobos
named the southern part of
Mindanao after the spanish
king during that time, Charles
I

Sarangani - Antonia
Area between
Samar and Leyte - Tendaya
Liusing
The chinese gave luzon a name for
themselves. liusing from the word
"lusong" which is the tagalog
word for wooden mortar, that is
used for pounding rice.
Ma-I
Means Gold it was first
mentioned in the series of
documents dating back to the
song dynasty of china in 971
AD
PROPOSED NAMES FOR THE PHILIPPINES
• Maniolas
• Mintolang, Malilu, Sulu and Pishoye
• Baroussai
• Tawalisi
• Haring Bayang Katagalugan
• Ophir
• Kapatiran
• Luzviminda
• Maharlika
• Rizalia
• Republica rizalina
CLIMATE
Tropical and maritime. It is characterized by relatively
high temperature, high humidity and abundant
rainfall.

TEMPERATURE
The coolest months fall in January with a mean
temperature of 25.5oC while the warmest month occurs in
May with a mean temperature of 28.3oC.
HUMIDITY
The average monthly relative humidity varies
between 71 percent in March and 85 percent in
September.

RAINFALL
Rainfall distribution throughout the country varies
from one region to another, depending upon the
direction of the moisture-bearing winds and the
location of the mountain systems.
 
Physical Features
• Island country located in Southeast Asia

• Archipelago

• According to the latest data by the National Mapping


and Resource Information Authority (NMRIA) the
Philippines has a total of 7641 islands.
Physical Features
• Originally, the total number of islands was held to be 7,107
and was then updated in 2016 when NMRIA announced the
discovery of additional 500 uncharted islands.

• The Philippine archipelago stretches about 1,150 miles


(1,850 km) from north to south, and its widest east-west
extent, at its southern base, is some 700 miles (1,130 km)
LANG
UAGE
• The national language is Filipino, based on the language of
Tagalog.
• There are more than 87 languages and dialects in the country.
• English is considered an official language as it is both spoken
and understood throughout the Philippines and used in business
government and schools.
Outstanding physical features
of the Philippines include:
1. Great extent of mountainous
regions.

2. Narrow and interrupted coastal


plains.

3. River systems

4. Lakes
THE
NATURAL
RESOURCE
S IN
PHILIPPINE
1.
5. Region
MMAROPAI
(ILOCOS
REGION
V
1. Region VI
(WESTERN M 4. Region XII
1. Region IX
L REGION)
6. Region V
I
VISAYAS)
I
(SOCKSKARGEN)
(ZAMBOANGA
PENINSULA)
U 2. Region II
(BICOL
(Cagayan
REGION)Valley) S 2. Region VII N 5. Region XIII
(CARAGA)

Z 3.
7. Region III
Cordillera A
(CENTRAL
VISAYAS) D 2. Region X
(NORTHERN
6. Bangsamoro Autonomus

O (CENTRAL
Administrative
LUZON) Y 3. Region VIII A MINDANAO)
Region

N
Region (CAR) in Muslim Mindanao
(EASTERN
A
3. Region XI (DAVAO
N 4.
8. Region IV-A
NATIONAL
VISAYAS)
A
(BARMM)
REGION)

CAPITAL
(CALABARZON) S
REGION (NCR)
O
Thank you for listening!
SOURCE:
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. (n.d.).
Climate of the Philippines. PAGASA. Retrieved September 13, 2021, from
http://bagong.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/information/climate-philippines#:~:text=The%20Climate%
20of%20the%20Philippines,high%20humidity%20and%20abundant%20rainfall.&text=The%2
0coolest%20months%20fall%20in,mean%20temperature%20of%2028.3oC
.
Hernandez, C. (2021, September 10). Philippines. Britannica.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Philippines

Carino, J. (n.d.). The Environmental Crisis in the Philippines. Cultural Survival. Retrieved
September 14, 2021, from
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is-philippines#:~:text=The%20country%20is%20rich%20in,the%20terrain%20is%20largely%2
0unexplored
.
Regions of the Philippines – PhilAtlas. (n.d.). PhilAtlas. Retrieved September 14, 2021, from
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