The origin of most of the lakes in the Philippines is closely related to
volcanic
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...
and
tectonic
Tectonics (; ) are the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. These include the processes of mountain building, the growth and behavior of the strong, old cores of continents ...
activity. A number of smaller lakes occupy the
craters of
extinct volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...
es. Some
lake basins are developed by
subsidence due to
tectonic
Tectonics (; ) are the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. These include the processes of mountain building, the growth and behavior of the strong, old cores of continents ...
or volcanic activity. Others owe their existence to obstruction of drainage courses by
landslides,
lava flows and by fragmental
volcanic ejecta.
Among the lakes which are known in the Philippines only three, namely,
Laguna de Bay in Luzon,
Taal Lake
Taal Lake ( tl, Lawa ng Taal, ), formerly known as Bombón Lake, is a freshwater caldera lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The lake fills Taal Volcano, a large volcanic caldera formed by very large e ...
in Luzon, and
Lake Lanao in Mindanao, stand out prominently because of their size or economic importance.
List
The following is a partial alphabetical listing of permanent lakes (''excluding
flood plains
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
'') in the Philippines.
Gallery
Largest and deepest lakes
File:LagunaCaldera04.jpg, Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines
File:Lake Lanao zoom.jpg, Lake Lanao, second
File:Taal View from Tagaytay 2010.JPG, Taal Lake
Taal Lake ( tl, Lawa ng Taal, ), formerly known as Bombón Lake, is a freshwater caldera lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The lake fills Taal Volcano, a large volcanic caldera formed by very large e ...
, third
File:Lake Mainit Surigao del Norte sunset.JPG, Lake Mainit, fourth, and the second deepest
File:Crater lake Pinatubo.jpg, alt=, Lake Pinatubo is one of the youngest lake in the Philippines.
See also
*
Geography of the Philippines
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Outline of the Philippines
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References
{{Asia topic, List of lakes of
Lakes
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Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
Lakes