Philippine Features

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