The Mangangate River ( tl, Ilog Mangangate), also referred to as the Alabang–Cupang River, is a river system in

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. It is one of 21 major

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. The main stream has a total length of and has two branches. The first is connected to the drainage system of Ayala Alabang, while the second is connected with the

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from the

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(NBP) Reservation, near Camp Sampaguita. This second branch flows through at Ayala Alabang Village and

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, and connects with the first branch at the Pasong Diablo site, passes through

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until it drains out into Laguna de Bay at a point between Wawa, Alabang and Purok 1, Cupang. The river system has four adjoining creeks: * The biggest, at a length of , joins the river at Pasong Diablo and serves as the Ayala Alabang Village Drainage; * Two creeks join the mainstream at the Filinvest site; and * At the NBP Reservation, one creek spans . The depth of the Mangangate currently varies from .

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