GEOGRAPHY

Archipelago
Southeast of the coast of Asia
Northern hemisphere
7,107
TEN BIGGEST ISLANDS

Luzon
Mindanao
Negros
Samar
Palawan
Panay
Mindoro
Leyte
Cebu
Bohol
Mountains

Mt. Apo in Mindanao

Mt. Dulang-Dulang in Bukidnon
Western Caraballo Mountain Range
Sierra Madre from Baler to Quezon
Province
Caraballo de Baler from Baler to San
Bernardino
Volcanoes

26
Iraya in Batanes
Taal in Batangas
Banahaw in Quezon
Mayon in Albay
Bulusan in Sorsogon
Hibok-Hibok in Camiguin Island
Natural Resources

Crops
Black gold
DENR
NIPAS BILL (RA 7586)
Philippine Clean Air Actof 1999
Ecological Waste Management of
2000
Clean Water Act of 2004
ECONOMY

Destructive typhoons and floods

Agricultural sector remains backward
Shifting to sources
Massive conversion of farm lands for
residential and commercial use