Naujan Lake is a freshwater

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in the

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located in the northeastern corner of the province of

Oriental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro ( tl, Silangang Mindoro), officially the Province of Oriental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located on the island of Mindoro under Mimaropa region in Luzon, about southwest of Manila. The province is bordered by the ...

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. The lake is the fifth largest in the country and the main geographical feature of the Naujan Lake National Park. The entire area is a Ramsar Wetland Site since 1999.

Geography

The lake is bounded by the towns of

Naujan Naujan, officially the Municipality of Naujan ( tgl, Bayan ng Naujan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 109,587 people. It assumed the status of ...

to the north and northeast,

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to the west, Socorro to the south and southeast, and Pola to the east. The lake is also bounded by the Naujan Mountains to the north and east of the lake. Mount Naujan, elevation and one of the inactive volcanoes of the country, is situated northeast of the geographic center of the lake. Several thermal springs and

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s are reported to exist on the eastern border of the Naujan Lake.

Hydrology

The lakes

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covers about . The lake is fed by the Macatoc, Borbocolon, Malayas, Malabo, Maambog, Malbog and Cusay Creek from the east; by Bambang, Tigbao and Tagbakin Creek from the west; and by Subaan and Singulan River from the south. The lake has only one outlet, the Butas River, which flow north then heads east after the Lumangbayan River joins the river and empties to

Tablas Strait Tablas Strait ( fil, Kipot ng Tablas), also Tabuas Strait, is a strait in the Philippines separating Mindoro Island from Panay and Romblon islands. The approximate depth of the strait is . The strait is known for being the place where the Sul ...

at Barangay Lumang-bayan, Naujan."Naujan Lake National Park (NLNP)"
DENR Region 4-B MIMAROPA. Retrieved on September 4, 2014.

National Park

The lake, approximately in area, is the main feature of the protected area classified as a

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known as the Naujan Lake National Park (NLNP). The lake and adjoining areas totaling was declared a national park on March 27, 1956 through Proclamation No. 282 by President

Ramon Magsaysay Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automo ...

. NLNP covers twenty-four (24) barangays under the jurisdiction of four municipalities, namely: #Naujan – Brgys. Bayani, Laguna, Montelago and Dao #Pola – Brgys. Matula-tula, Tagbakin and Casiligan #Socorro – Brgys. Lapog, Mabuhay I, Mabuhay II, Batongdalig, Pasi I, Pasi II, Happy Valley and Subaan #Victoria – Brgys. Merit, Daungan, Bambanin, Pakyas, Leido, Malabo, Urdaneta, San Narciso and Canaan The Park has existing facilities for tourism and recreational activities which include picnic tables and a house/quarters located at Minglit Point. A guard house is located at Brgy. Malabo in Victoria town and a watch tower is located at CENRO in Pasi, Socorro. The park caters for recreational activities such as boating, picnics, bird watching, educational tour and scientific research. Also, the park is considered the widest breeding place of marsh birds and has a quarterly Biodiversity Monitoring System (BMS) which includes

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ing.

References

External links

Naujan Lake National Park – DENR website
{{authority control Lakes of the Philippines National parks of the Philippines Ramsar sites in the Philippines Protected areas established in 1956 Landforms of Oriental Mindoro Tourist attractions in Oriental Mindoro

Geography

Hydrology

National Park

See also

References

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