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	Encyclopedia article: Laguna de Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Laguna de Bay is the largest lake (A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land) in the Philippines (A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946).
		Laguna de Bay drains to Manila Bay (A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet) through the Pasig River (additional info and facts about Pasig River).
		Laguna de Bay is named for the municipality of Bay (An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf) (Bai) in Laguna province.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/laguna_de_bay.htm (180 words)

	Encyclopedia: Laguna de Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Laguna de Bay is the largest lake in the Philippines and the largest inland freshwater lake in South-East Asia.
		Bay (pronounced as bÃ¤'Ã¯) is a town in Laguna province.
		Laguna is known the "Resort Province of the Philippines" because of the abundance of hot springs, lakes and waterfalls.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Laguna-de-Bay (640 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Laguna
		Laguna is also famous among tourists for the Pagsanjan Falls, the wood carvings created by the people of Paete and Pakil, the hot spring resorts in Los Baños on the slopes of Mt.
		In the forests of Mount Makiling and in the waters of Laguna de Bay are an abundance of flora and fauna.
		Laguna was one of the eight provinces to rise in revolt against the Spanish misrule led by Generals Paciano Rizal of Calamba, Severino Taino of Pagsanjan, Agueda Kahabagan (woman general) of Calauan, and Miguel Malvar of Batangas.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Laguna (1655 words)

	Laguna de Bay, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Today, Laguna de Bay covers almost one half of the total surface area of all existing lakes in the Philippines and ranks as one of the largest inland bodies of water in Southeast Asia (Santos-Borja, 1994).
		Laguna de Bay is trilobate with three corporate bays: The West Bay, Central Bay and East Bay that converge towards the South carving out what resembles a large bird or dinosaur.
		The idea that the bay was formerly a volcanic crater or that it originated through subsidence of a volcano, remains unresolved.
	www.livinglakes.org /debay (612 words)

	Laguna
		Laguna has much to offer, having been successfully able to preserve most of its rustic beauty and appeal despite the level of industrialization that it has achieved.
		The province of Laguna was named after Laguna de Bay, the body of water that forms the province´s northern boundary.
		In turn, Laguna de Bay was named after the town of bay which was the first provincial capital.
	www.geocities.com /emily4215/laguna.htm (3812 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Laguna de Bay
		Laguna de Bay, lake in the Philippines, on the island of Luzon, about 13 km (about 8 mi) southeast of Manila.
		Laguna de Bay, 13 km (8 mi) southeast of Manila, is the largest lake of the Philippines.
		Delaware Bay, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded on the northeast by New Jersey and on the southwest by Delaware.
	encarta.msn.com /Laguna_de_Bay.html (151 words)

	Laguna de Bay Masterplan
		The Laguna de Bay watershed region as a natural resource is strategically situated in the midst of the country’s center of urban and industrial development.
		The Laguna de Bay is indeed a strategic resource for the economic and social development of the Region and of the country.
		The Laguna de Bay watershed is underlain almost entirely by Quarternary (Pliocene-Pleistocene) clastic, pyroclastic and volcanic rocks, except for the extreme northern portion of the region, which is occupied chiefly by Tertiary rocks and a few erosional remnants of Cretaceous rocks.
	www.llda.gov.ph /masterplan.htm (6459 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Laguna, Resort Province of the Philippines, is a haven of fresh and pristine bodies of water such as hot springs, lakes, and waterfalls.
		Laguna is situated 30 kilometers south of Manila and has a total area of 175,973 hectares.
		Laguna is bounded on the north by the province of Rizal, on the east by the Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges, on the south by the Quezon province, on the west by Laguna de Bay, and the provinces of Batangas and Cavite.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=18 (637 words)

	laguna province info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The terrain is mainly narrow plains along the shores of Laguna de Bay but mountainous towards Sierra MAdre in the east, Mt. Makiling in the west, and Mt. Banahaw in the south.
		Laguna derives its name from "La LAguna" (the lake), reffering to LAguna de Bay, the largest inland body oif water in the Philippines, which forms the province´s northern boundary.
		Laguna was one of the first eight provinces to rise in revolt against Spain.
	home.online.no /~erfalch/lagunaa.htm (289 words)

	Laguna de Bay, The Living Lake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Laguna de Bay is one of the largest lakes in Southeast Asia, the largest and one of the most vital inland bodies of water in the Philippines.
		It is bounded by the province of Laguna from the south, and the province of Rizal to the north.
		Laguna de Bay is host to some 10,000 small-, medium-, and large-scale enterprises.
	www.llda.gov.ph /Laguna_de_bay.htm (110 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Laguna
		The terrain is flat along the shores of Laguna de Bay, and mountainous along the east and southeast where the Sierra Madre mountains runs along the border with Quezon and dormant volcanoes dominate the landscape.
		Laguna's revolutionaries conducted one of the most successful guerrilla campaigns in the country but the struggle was eventually abandoned after the capture of President Emilio Aguinaldo in 1901.
		Laguna is pushing for industrialization and is encouraging investments in industrial and manufacturing concerns along the southern growth corridor, which links Metro Manila and the port of Batangas.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/laguna.htm (1923 words)

	JACOPO SANNAZARO - LoveToKnow Article on JACOPO SANNAZARO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Arcadia of Sannazaro, begun in early life and published in 1504, is a somewhat affected and insipid Italian pastoral, in which in alternate prose and verse the scenes and occupations of pastoral life are described.
		SAN NICOLAS DE LOS ARROYOS, a town and river port of Argentina, in the province of Buenos Aires, on the W. bank of the Paranfl, 150 m.
		The town is the judicial centre for the northern district of Buenos Aires.
	46.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SANNAZARO_JACOPO.htm (482 words)

	An overview of important watershed management issues in rapidly urbanizing metropolitan areas and their relevance to ...
		Laguna de Bay is also one of the principal sources of freshwater recharge feeding the Manila Bay aquifer system and the Greater Manila Area (Munasinghe, 1992).
		Laguna de Bay is currently functioning as a very large, very shallow aerobic wastewater oxidation system for the degradation of oxygen demanding biological waste and as a large sink for organic and inorganic chemicals produced by the industry and urban settlements crowding onto the lakeshore and lowland surrounds.
		The Laguna Lake Development Authority has been in place since 1966 and since 1975 has been given the primary responsibility to promote development of the Laguna de Bay region while providing for environmental management and control, preservation of the quality of life and ecological systems, and the prevention of undue ecological disturbance, deterioration and pollution.
	isis.csuhayward.edu /ALSS/Geography/mlee/manila.html (3875 words)

	Laguna de Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the early l980s, the Laguna Lake Development Authority produced a Lake Fishery Zoning and Management Plan, the basic aim of which was to reduce the area of fish pens to 21,000 ha, but it seems that this plan was never implemented.
		In the entire Laguna Lake basin, there are 43,800 ha of rice paddies, 11,900 ha of varied crops, 69,900 ha of fruit trees, 211,100 ha of forest, 141,900 ha of grassland and scrub, 4,000 ha of wetlands and 25,200 ha of developed land.
		Laguna de Bay is of outstanding importance for its fisheries production, and could provide a very substantial source of fresh water for Metro Manila.
	www.arcbc.org.ph /wetlands/philippines/phl_laguna_bay.htm (1538 words)

	AsiaFinest Discussion Forum -> Laguna de Bay
		Laguna de Bay: A Lake that is a Bay?
		Named after Ba-é [Ba-i or Bay], a town on its southern shore, Laguna de Ba-é is a brackish lake, 922 square kilometers in size, with the mean depth of two meters.
		The heart-shaped lake, Laguna de Ba-é, is encircled by two provinces, Rizal and Laguna, and Metro Manila.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=14814 (975 words)

	Laguna de Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Laguna de Bay, also known as Laguna Lake, is the largest lake in the Philippines and the second largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia.
		Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is a regional regulatory authority that has jurisdiction over water pollution control, flooding, rapid population expansion, and conflicts over jurisdiction and control of the lake.
		Laguna de Bay's watershed has experienced extensive urbanization and industrialization, especially on the western edge of the lake.
	www.worldlakes.org /initiative/laguna_de_bay_profile2.htm (542 words)

	GNF - Laguna de Bay
		Laguna de Bay is the largest lake of the Philippines covering a surface of 900 sq.
		Laguna de Bay is fed by 21 rivers; its catchment area comprises about 3.820 sq.
		In 1993 already, the Laguna Lake Development Authority has presented a plan for a controlled economical and social development of the region with the main objective to maintain the quality of life for both - man and ecosystems.
	www.globalnature.org /docs/02_vorlage.asp?id=12808&domid=1011&sp=E&addlastid=&m1=11089&m2=11103&m3=11178&m4=12808 (158 words)

	Laguna de Bay -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Probably a former arm or extension of Manila Bay cut off by volcanism, Laguna de Bay (Spanish: Lake of the Bay”) has a normal area of about 356 square miles (922 square km) and is about 32 miles (51 km) long.
		Manila Bay lies to the west, the swampy delta of the southward-flowing...
		The area of Hudson Bay proper is 316,000 square miles (818,000 square kilometers), and its deepest point is 846 feet (258 meters).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013844 (960 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| SPECIAL REPORT > Too many users endanger Laguna Lake marine life
		LAGUNA Lake is the largest freshwater body in the Philippines.
		In English, Laguna de Bay means Lake of Bay, the latter word the name of what was then Laguna’s major settlement.
		During the 6th International Conference in Lake Baikal and Ulan Ude in Eastern Siberia last year, Laguna de Bay was admitted to the Living Lakes network, which works to preserve and rehabilitate endangered lakes and other inland bodies of water around the world.
	www.manilatimes.net /others/special/2002/jul/15/20020715spe1.html (1440 words)

	Pagsanjan, Laguna
		Pagsanjan (pronounced 'Pag-sang-han'), is a municipality in the province of Laguna in the Philippines.
		In time, the barrio became the flourishing trading center of eastern Laguna and attracted families from the surrounding communities of Cavinti, Pila, and Santa Cruz.
		In 1688, Pagsanjan replaced Bay as the capital of the province.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/Pagsanjan,_Laguna (254 words)

	Nutrient Dynamics in Eutrophic Inland Waters Used for Aquaculture, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In view of the seriousness of the mass milkfish mortalities in Laguna de Bay fishpens the author concentrated his effort mostly on this phenomenon during his stay in the country.
		Laguna de Bay water is of medium hardness with seasonal signs of salinity (specific conductance range is 450–500 μmhos/cm; but in localized areas during the sea water intrusion it can be as high as 600–3 360 μmhos/cm).
		The similarities between the symptoms, causes and consequences of the Laguna de Bay fishkills and those occurring in small prairie lakes in midwestern United States and Canadian prairie provinces are striking.
	www.fao.org /docrep/field/003/AC009E/AC009E01.htm (6082 words)

	BAY ISLANDS - Laguna Beach Resort
		As the smaller of the three Bay Islands, Utila is still the least discovered offering world class diving and a unique Caribbean charm.
		Laguna Beach Resort opened its doors to its first guest in July of 1995.
		Laguna Beach Resort is self-sufficient with its own 110 volt current and sea recovery system (reverse osmosis unit) providing potable water throughout the resort.
	www.worlddive.com /destin/land/BAY_ISLANDS/lagunabeach.htm (253 words)

	THE RACE TO PROTECT THE LAGUNA DE BAY REGION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Laguna de Bay, which is also simply known as Laguna Lake, is the latest to receive such attention from both the private sector and government authorities.
		The so-called Laguna de Bay Region, which accounts for only 1.3.% of the country’s total land area, cover six provinces and a total of 60 municipalities.
		These are the same things that are hoped to be achieved by the so-called "Industrial Eco-Watch Project." Conceptualized not just for Laguna de Bay but also for the Pasig River, the project aims to encourage pollution prevention and promote compliance with environmental regulations by adopting a system that would rate the environmental performance of companies.
	www.worldbank.org /nipr/ecowatch/laguna1.htm (1178 words)

	The Laguna Madre Bay of South Texas
		The Laguna Madre is a large area and parts of it are owned by the public sector while other parts are owned by the private sector.
		The Laguna Madre is a unique area along the Gulf of Mexico in southwest Texas, and Port Mansfield is a great place to access much of it.
		Surveys done by the Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife indicate that the lower Laguna Madre has the largest population of trout and redfish to be found along the entire Texas coast.
	www.gofishspi.com /lagunamadre.htm (658 words)

	Laguna de Bay the toast ... - Sept. 08, 2002
		CLEAR or “Conservation of Laguna de Bay's Environment and Resources” -- a tripartite body composed of the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), the non-government Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands (SCPW), and Unilever Philippines -- was the toast of the 19-member, Germany-based Living Lakes network.
		It said Laguna de Bay, “through the partnerships forged by the LLDA with the different lake stakeholders, including industries, has gained significant success in the implementation of a sustainable lake management program geared toward the improvement of water quality of the lake and its tributary rivers.”
		In a statement, Laguna de Bay and its partner lakes asked the participants of the Johannesburg summit to “press for the implementation of (the 1992 summit's) Principles of Sustainable Development as the basis for the protection of lake ecosystems in the world and, with that, the basis for life on earth.”
	www.inq7.net /gbl/2002/sep/08/text/gbl_7-1-p.htm (928 words)

	A Laguna Travelogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Laguna is now “a land of opportunity and enterprise.” It has eighteen industrial parks, yielding various products that range from foodstuffs, handicrafts, semi-conductors, home appliances, and automobiles.
		Salcedo, grandson of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, the Philippines’ first Spanish designated governor sailed on the lake through the Pasig River to discover populated communities on its shores.
		At the time of Salcedo’s sojourn in the villages by the lake, Laguna de Bay and Pasig River were the natives’ expressway to Maynilad (Manila).
	www.laguna.gov.ph /Articles/02_01_History.htm (257 words)

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