The Bued River is a river in the island of
Luzon
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in the
Philippines
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with a total length of . It covers primarily the
provinces
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of
Benguet and
Pangasinan, and a few parts of
La Union. The river originates from the city of
Baguio
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), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...
and joins with the Anglican River in the municipality of
Mangaldan, Pangasinan to form the Cayanga River.
Course
![Tuba Benguet 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Tuba_Benguet_1.JPG)
The
headwaters
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Definition
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of the Bued River are formed in the southeastern portion of Baguio, where it covers 25 of its
barangay
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s.
It then traverses the municipality of
Tuba
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along the foot of the
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Santo Tomas may also refer to:
Places
Argentina
* Santo Tomás, Buenos Aires, Carlos Casares Partido, Buenos Aires Province
* Santo Tomás, Neuquén
Colombia
* Santo Tomás, Atlantico
Cuba
...
mountain range, where several tributary creeks join the river. The river enters the municipality of
Sison upon reaching barangay Dungon, where the river begins to be heavily
silted. A river
dike
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General uses
* Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian"
* Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
* Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice
* Dikes ...
has been constructed in the barangays of Artacho, Cauringan, Esperanza, and Poblacion Norte to prevent flowing into the town center. It enters the town of
San Fabian upon reaching the barangay of Ambalangan-Dalin, then traverses the town of
Pozorrubio, Pangasinan
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along barangay Balacag. It reaches
San Jacinto along with barangay Santa Cruz and enters the town of
Mangaldan upon reaching the barangay of Biagtan, where it merges with the Anglican River to form the Cayanga River, which empties into the
Lingayen Gulf at the border between San Fabian and the city of
Dagupan
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.
Siltation
The Bued River is heavily
silted,
and is occasionally
dredged
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. It has been the drainage of mine
tailings
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from copper and gold mines in Tuba, Benguet.
Landslides along
Kennon Road
Kennon Road, also known as Rosario–Baguio Road, is a two lane roadway in Benguet province in the Philippines connecting the mountain city of Baguio in Benguet to the lowland town of Rosario in La Union province. The project begun in 1903 and o ...
,
including quarrying and
aggregates crushing plant
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s in riversides release silt and sand into the river.
The Agat Bridge, which serves as the highway boundary between the towns of Sison and
Rosario, spans several hundred meters due to the widening of the river. The river overflows especially during strong rains and typhoons. A
dike
Dyke (UK) or dike (US) may refer to:
General uses
* Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian"
* Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
* Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice
* Dikes ...
in Sison was constructed to prevent inflow into the other villages.
The village of Binday in the town of San Fabian has constantly been
eroded
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is disti ...
by the river since the 1970s.
Cities and municipalities
*
Baguio
Baguio ( ,
), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...
*
Tuba, Benguet
*
Pugo, La Union (along the southern part of Barangay Saytan)
*
Rosario, La Union (upon reaching Barangay Bangar)
*
Sison, Pangasinan
* San Fabian, Pangasinan
*
Pozorrubio, Pangasinan
Pozorrubio, officially the Municipality of Pozorrubio ( pag, Baley na Pozorrubio; Ilocano: ''Ili ti Pozorrubio;'' tgl, Bayan ng Pozorrubio), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, ...
*
San Jacinto, Pangasinan
San Jacinto, officially the Municipality of San Jacinto ( pag, Baley na San Jacinto; ilo, Ili ti San Jacinto; tgl, Bayan ng San Jacinto), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it h ...
*
Mangaldan, Pangasinan (merging point with the Angalacan River)
*
Dagupan
Dagupan, officially the City of Dagupan ( pag, Siyudad na Dagupan, ilo, Siudad ti Dagupan, fil, Lungsod ng Dagupan), is a 2nd class independent component city in the Ilocos Region, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populati ...
(location of river mouth bordering the town of San Fabian)
References
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Rivers of the Philippines
Landforms of Benguet
Landforms of Pangasinan