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Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago of approximately 7,641 islands, with a total land area of about 300,000 square kilometers. The terrain is predominantly mountainous, with narrow coastal plains and valleys. The highest peak is Mount Apo on Mindanao, reaching 2,954 meters (9,692 feet) above sea level. Other…

Average elevation: 33 m

Wisconsin

United States

Wisconsin's topography is characterized by a diverse landscape shaped by glacial activity, resulting in a mixture of rolling hills, flat plains, and numerous lakes. The state’s highest point is Timms Hill, reaching an elevation of 1,952 feet (595 meters), while its lowest point is the shore of Lake Michigan…

Average elevation: 301 m

Bulacan

Philippines

Average elevation: 214 m

Pampanga

Philippines

Average elevation: 122 m

Quezon City

Philippines

Founded as a pueblo by Saint Pedro Bautista in 1590, San Francisco del Monte may be considered Quezon City's oldest district. The original land area of the old town of San Francisco del Monte was approximately2.5 square kilometres (1.0 sq mi) and covered parts of what is currently known as Project 7 and 8 and…

Average elevation: 57 m

Bataan

Philippines

Bataan is divided by two mountain groups of volcanic origins. The northern side is composed of the Mount Natib (elevation 1,253 metres (4,111 ft)), Mount Sta. Rosa and Mount Silangan. The southern group is composed of Mount Mariveles, Mount Samat, and Mount Cuyapo. A narrow pass separates these two mountain…

Average elevation: 70 m

Montalban

Philippines > Rizal > Rodriguez

Rodriguez is generally very rough in topography, with 83% of its total land area composed of upland areas, hills and mountain ranges. The remaining 17% low-lying terrain and rolling lands are found at the south-western portion of the municipality, along with the northern portions of the Municipality of San…

Average elevation: 99 m

Mabalacat

Philippines > Pampanga

Average elevation: 149 m

Batangas

Philippines

Batangas is a combination of plains and mountains, including one of the world's smallest volcanoes, Mt. Taal, with an elevation of 600 metres (2,000 ft), located in the middle of the Taal Lake. Other important peaks are Mount Macolod with an elevation of 830 metres (2,720 ft), Mt. Banoy with 960 metres (3,150…

Average elevation: 126 m

Benguet

Philippines

The province suffers from crop damage resulting from seasonal frost during the cold months of December to March, especially in high-altitude towns such as Atok, Buguias, Mankayan and Kibungan. In February 2007, Benguet suffered crop damage due to temperatures reaching as low as 7 °C (45 °F).

Average elevation: 908 m

Cavite

Philippines

Another theory proposes that the name is a Hispanicized form of kabit, Tagalog for "joined", "connected", or "attached", referring to the peninsula's topographical relation to the mainland. Edmund Roberts, in his 1821 memoir, stated that the "natives" called it Caveit due to the "crooked point of land…

Average elevation: 88 m

Angeles

Philippines

Sapangbato is the largest barangay in Angeles in terms of territory, with a total land area of 104,694 sq. meters and a population of 11,262. Located northwest of Angeles near Clark Freeport Zone, it is identified as the barangay in Angeles with the highest elevation of 750 feet above sea level. It is home to…

Average elevation: 98 m

Davao City

Philippines

Average elevation: 249 m

Central Luzon

Philippines

Average elevation: 192 m

Manila

Philippines

Average elevation: 12 m

Cagayan de Oro

Philippines

Cagayan de Oro, located along the north-central coast of Mindanao, Philippines, encompasses a diverse topography that significantly influences its terrain. The city spans approximately 488.86 square kilometers (188.75 square miles), featuring a 25-kilometer (16 miles) coastline along Macajalar Bay. The…

Average elevation: 224 m

Butuan

Philippines

Average elevation: 115 m

Lucban

Philippines > Quezon

Average elevation: 503 m

Palawan

Philippines

Palawan's almost 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi) of irregular coastline is lined with rocky coves and sugar-white sandy beaches. It also harbors a vast stretch of virgin forests that carpet its chain of mountain ranges. The mountain heights average 1,100 meters (3,500 ft) in altitude, with the highest peak rising…

Average elevation: 44 m

Binangonan

Philippines > Rizal

Average elevation: 21 m

Gandara

Philippines > Samar

Average elevation: 37 m

Mabalacat

Philippines > Pampanga

Average elevation: 117 m

Tarlac

Philippines

Average elevation: 109 m

Bukidnon

Philippines

Situated within Bukidnon is Mount Dulang-dulang, the 2nd highest mountain in the country, with an elevation of 2,938 metres (9,639 ft) located in the Kitanglad Mountain Range. Mount Kitanglad (2,899 m), Mount Kalatungan (2,860 m), Mount Maagnaw (2,742 m), Mount Lumuluyaw (2,612 m), and Mount Tuminungan (2,400…

Average elevation: 686 m

Mindoro

Philippines > Occidental Mindoro

Mindoro is the seventh largest and eighth-most populous island in the Philippines. With a total land area of 10,571 km2 ( 4,082 sq.mi ) and has a population of 1,408,454 as of 2020 census. It is located off the southwestern coast of Luzon and northeast of Palawan. Mindoro is divided into two provinces:…

Average elevation: 173 m

Valenzuela

Philippines > Valenzuela

The highest elevation point is 38 metres (125 ft) above sea level. Having a surface gradient of 0.55% and a gentle slope, hilly landscape is located in the industrial section of the city in Canumay. The average elevation point is 2 metres (6.6 ft) above sea level.

Average elevation: 6 m

Cebu City

Philippines > Cebu > Cebu City

Average elevation: 140 m

Metro Manila

Philippines

The Coastal Margin or Lowland is a flat and low plain that faces Manila Bay. Located here is Manila, Navotas, parts of Malabon, and the western part and reclaimed areas of Pasay and Parañaque, where the ground elevation ranges from zero meters on Manila Bay to five meters at the west side of the cities of…

Average elevation: 43 m

Tarlac River

Philippines > Tarlac > Bayambang

Average elevation: 43 m

Abacan River

Philippines > Pampanga > Angeles

Average elevation: 182 m

Baguio

Philippines

In 1903, Filipinos, Japanese and Chinese workers were hired to build Kennon Road, the first road directly connecting Baguio with the lowlands of La Union and Pangasinan. Before this, the only road to Benguet was Naguilian Road, and it was largely a horse trail at higher elevations. Camp John Hay was…

Average elevation: 881 m

Eastern Samar

Philippines

Average elevation: 61 m

Tarlac

Philippines

Like the rest of Central Luzon, the province has three distinct seasons: summer from March to June, monsoon rain from July to early October, and monsoon winter from late October to February. Summer months, especially during May bring frequent, sometimes severe, thunderstorms with high winds, thunder, and hail.…

Average elevation: 217 m

Davao City

Philippines > Davao Occidental > Davao City

Average elevation: 303 m

Umingan

Philippines > Pangasinan

Average elevation: 118 m

Calulut

Philippines > Pampanga > San Fernando

Average elevation: 40 m

Laguna de Bay

Philippines > Laguna

Laguna de Bay (Spanish for "Lagoon/Lake of Bay"; Tagalog: Lawa ng Bay, [baɪ]), also known as Laguna Lake, is the largest lake in the Philippines. It is located southeast of Metro Manila, between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the north. A freshwater lake, it has a surface area of 911–949…

Average elevation: 62 m

Malabon

Philippines

Average elevation: 6 m

Guiguinto

Philippines > Bulacan

Average elevation: 5 m

San Jose

Philippines > Nueva Ecija

The city of San Jose lies at 15° 47' North, 120° 59' East in Central Luzon. The estimated elevation at these coordinates is approximately 109.9 meters or 360.4 feet above mean sea level.

Average elevation: 175 m

Valencia

Philippines > Bukidnon

The city's topography is characterized as flat to undulating hills with extensive plateaus and mountainous areas and cliffs on both eastern and western portions bounding the municipality of San Fernando on the east and the municipality of Talakag on the west. Its highest point is Mount Kalatungan in the…

Average elevation: 566 m

Marikina

Philippines > Marikina > Marikina

Average elevation: 30 m

Tarlac City

Philippines > Tarlac

Average elevation: 56 m

Iloilo City

Philippines

Average elevation: 17 m

Quezon City

Philippines

In order to make Quezon's dream a reality and to mobilize funds for the land purchase, the People's Homesite Corporation (PHC) was created on October 14, 1938, as a subsidiary of NDC, with an initial capital of ₱2 million. Roces was the chairman of the Board of PHC, and they immediately acquired the vast…

Average elevation: 39 m

Daram

Philippines > Samar

Average elevation: 14 m

Pasig

Philippines

Average elevation: 17 m

Pangasinan

Philippines

Average elevation: 290 m

Mandaue

Philippines

It is one of the two (the other one being the municipality of Consolacion) local government units located within the mainland Metro Cebu where the elevation of land is less than 100 m (330 ft).

Average elevation: 109 m

Calumpit

Philippines > Bulacan > Calumpit

Average elevation: 4 m

Iligan

Philippines

Average elevation: 229 m

Urdaneta

Philippines > Pangasinan

Average elevation: 42 m

Malilipot

Philippines > Albay

Average elevation: 262 m

Hagonoy

Philippines > Bulacan

Average elevation: 1 m

Los Angeles

United States > California

Average elevation: 621 m

Olongapo

Philippines > Zambales > Olongapo

Average elevation: 194 m

Tangub

Philippines > Bacolod

Average elevation: 10 m

Kalinga

Philippines

Large swaths of the province's lowlands are open grassland suitable for pasture, while the highlands have extensive areas of tropical rainforest. In higher elevations to the west, particularly in the mountains of Balbalan, lie some of the most intact pine forests of Luzon island. Rizal and Tabuk with their…

Average elevation: 667 m

Northern Samar

Philippines

Average elevation: 42 m

Calatagan

Philippines > Batangas > Calatagan > Calatagan

Average elevation: 9 m

Meycauayan

Philippines > Bulacan

Average elevation: 27 m

Compostela

Philippines > Cebu

Average elevation: 26 m

Samar

Philippines

Average elevation: 76 m

Marikina

Philippines

Average elevation: 30 m

Zamboanga City

Philippines

The overall topography of the city could be described as rolling to very steep. There are some flat lands, mostly narrow strips along the east coast. The urban center is mostly flat with a gentle slope to the interior, ranging from 0% to 3%. A portion, about 38,000 hectares, has slopes ranging from 18% to 30%.…

Average elevation: 78 m

Taguig

Philippines

Average elevation: 10 m

San Fernando

Philippines > La Union

Average elevation: 81 m

Guagua

Philippines > Pampanga

The climate and topographical features of the vast land of Guagua make it ideal for the growing of fruit trees and vegetables. Among the fruit trees most fitting to be planted are mangoes, guavas, santol, star apples, and bananas. For vegetables, sitao, upo, ampalaya, gabi and cucumber are the most commonly…

Average elevation: 9 m

Cabanatuan

Philippines > Nueva Ecija

Average elevation: 47 m

Malolos

Philippines > Bulacan

Malolos is relatively flat of about 0.81% to a gently sloping of 2.17%. The slope of the land descends towards west, southwest to southern direction. The highest land elevation is at about 6.0 meters above sea level while the lowest is only half a meter below sea level. A network of natural waterways and…

Average elevation: 6 m

Tuguegarao

Philippines > Cagayan

Average elevation: 49 m

Marikina

Philippines

Average elevation: 80 m

Lawak Island

Philippines

Average elevation: 0 m

Tumaga River

Philippines

Average elevation: 384 m

Tiwi

Philippines > Albay

Average elevation: 44 m

Abacan River

Philippines > Pampanga > Mabalacat

Average elevation: 296 m

Agusan River

Philippines > Agusan del Sur

Average elevation: 241 m

Olongapo

Philippines

Average elevation: 157 m

Valenzuela

Philippines

The highest elevation point is 38 meters (125 ft) above sea level. Having a surface gradient of 0.55% and a gentle slope, hilly landscape is located in the industrial section of the city in Canumay. The average elevation point is 2 meters (6.6 ft) above sea level.

Average elevation: 24 m

Upper Bicutan

Philippines > Taguig

Average elevation: 22 m

Zamboanga Sibugay

Philippines

Average elevation: 107 m

Agusan del Norte

Philippines

Average elevation: 232 m

Ilocos Norte

Philippines

Average elevation: 262 m

Isabela

Philippines

The province is divided into three physiographic areas. The eastern area, straddled by the Sierra Madre mountain range, is rugged and thickly forested. A substantial portion is uncharted. These unexplored hinterlands are home to a rich variety of flora and fauna, and some are under government reservations. It…

Average elevation: 227 m

Taytay

Philippines > Rizal

The shape of Taytay is rectangular – trapezoidal with gently hilly rolling terrain on its eastern side while relatively flat on its south-western side, including the poblacion. The municipality's highest elevation ranges from 200 to 255 meters which is situated along the inner north-eastern hills of Barangay…

Average elevation: 37 m

Daraga

Philippines > Albay

67.3% of the total municipal land area has a predominantly low elevation of up to 100 metres (330 ft). The surface terrain is generally characterized by combination of level to nearly level areas, gentle to undulating areas and undulating to rolling areas.

Average elevation: 76 m

Pasay

Philippines

Average elevation: 14 m

Tukuran

Philippines > Zamboanga del Sur

Average elevation: 35 m

Maguindanao del Norte

Philippines

Average elevation: 195 m

Libona

Philippines > Bukidnon

Average elevation: 729 m

Hinigaran

Philippines > Negros Occidental

Average elevation: 16 m

Montalban River

Philippines > Rizal

Average elevation: 361 m

Albay

Philippines

Average elevation: 48 m

Tullahan River

Philippines > Quezon City

Average elevation: 39 m

Pasay

Philippines

Average elevation: 9 m

Laguna

Philippines

Laguna is home to 24 mountains, most of which are inactive volcanoes. The highest peak in Laguna is Mt. Banahaw, with an elevation of 2,170 m (7,120 ft). Banahaw, unlike most other volcanoes in Laguna, is an active complex stratovolcano, which last erupted in 1843. Banahaw is located in the boundary of Laguna…

Average elevation: 183 m