Lake Wood (Philippines)

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Lake Wood
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Lake Wood in 2019
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Lake Wood
Location in Mindanao
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Lake Wood
Location IN the Philippines
Location Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao
Coordinates 7°50′48″N123°9′55″E / 7.84667°N 123.16528°E / 7.84667; 123.16528
Type Lake
Primary inflows Rainfall and groundwater
Primary outflows Biswangan River
Surface area7.38 km2 (2.85 sq mi) [1]
Max. depth85 m (278.87 ft) [1]
Surface elevation320 m (1,049.87 ft) [1]
Settlements
Lake Wood (Philippines)

Lake Wood (Subanen: Danaw) is a large lake located in the province of Zamboanga del Sur in Mindanao, Philippines. [2] The lake is the largest in the province, and is situated at the foot of Mt. Imbing. On its shores are the municipalities of Lakewood and Kumalarang.

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History

The lake was originally called Danaw (which is still being used by the Subanen tribe), and is part of the Subanen's ancestral domain. In 1904, in an expedition from Misamis to Dumanquilas Bay, Captain Cornelius C. Smith of the 14th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army discovered Lake Danaw and proceeded to report it to the American Administration. [3] Captain Smith then renamed the lake as Lake Leonard Wood, after the Governor-General of the time, Governor Leonard Wood. Over time, the lake's name changed to Lake Wood.

Physical characteristics

Lake Wood has a surface area of 7.38 km2 (2.85 sq mi) and a maximum depth of 85 m (278.87 ft). The lake's elevation is lower on the southeast side.

The lake is fed by rainfall and groundwater. On the southeast side is the Biswangan River, the lake's only outlet, which flows into Dumanquilas Bay. [1]

Biodiversity

Because of the limited information about Lake Wood, not much is known about the flora and fauna of the lake. There is only one known species of endemic fish that resides in the lake, that is the Rasbora philippina , locally known as Porang. [1]

Aside from fauna, several species of aquatic vegetation also grow in the lake:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Baludo, Marjohn Y.; Papa, Rey Donne S.; Magbanua, Francis S. (2020). "Limnology of Lake Wood: An Ancestral Lake of the Subanen Tribe" (PDF). Philippine Journal of Science. 150 (5): 1231–1243.
  2. ↑ "Lake Wood Profile on Wordlakes.com". World Lakes. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  3. ↑ Pratt, Wallace E. (1916). "Philippine Lakes" (PDF). Philippine Journal of Science. 11A (5): 233.
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