Alexis Sia
The Philippines is
an archipelago comprising 7,107 islands with a total land area of 300,000
kilometers squared. The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the total land area.
The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000 kilometers squared. The
next largest island is Mindanao at about 95,000 kilometers squared. The
archipelago is around 800 kilometers from the Asian mainland and is located
between Taiwan and Borneo.
The Philippines
lies within the typhoon belt of the Western Pacific and on the northwest
fringes of the Pacific Ring of Fire. This is why it is very prone to natural disasters and
calamities. On average, the Philippines experiences about 19 typhoons each
year. Most strongly affecting the northern and eastern parts of the country.
The years 1990-2007 have seen the Philippines impacted by 218 natural
disasters.
Our
geography can affect the way of life of the Filipinos. We are located on the
southeast of Asia and lies within the typhoon belt of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Because of this location we have, it is possible for our country to experience
devastating typhoons and because of these typhoons, our livelihood is possibly
affected. Our climate can also affect the way we live since we only have 2
seasons: wet and dry. Once we have been struct by a very strong typhoon, there
will be very big effects like flooding, landslides, people losing their homes,
etc. Let us now go to the positive side of our geography. We have so much
hectares of lands that we can use them in our way of life in agriculture.
Claire Gamo
The Philippines is situated about 1,210 km (about 750 mi)
east of the coast of Vietnam and is separated in the north from Taiwan by the
Bashi Channel. Bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea (and
Pacific Ocean), on the south by the Celebes Sea, and on the west by the South
China Sea, the archipelagic state comprises about 7,100 islands.
Resulting from this situation are great variations in climate, geography and
vegetation.
The
total area of the Philippines has a total area of about 300,000 sq km (about
115, 830 sq mi). About 298,170 of the total area is land area with the
remaining 1,830 being the total water area. The capital and largest city
of the Philippines is Manila.
Extending 1,850 km (1,150 mi) from north to south and
almost 1,127 km (700 mi) east to west, the Philippine Island group is of
volcanic origin and generally mountainous. Running parallel to the
coasts, as well as bordering them in many places, the mountain ranges extend
north to south. There are about 20 active volcanoes on the islands, and
earthquakes are fairly common.
The Pacific Rim is not only a community of the fastest growing and most
dynamic nations in the world. It is also the area exposed to a wide range of
natural disaster. The Philippines archipelago, located near the western edge of
the Pacific Ocean, is in the direct path of seasonal typhoons and monsoon rains
which bring floods, storms, storm surges, and their attendant landslides and
other forms of devastation. The Philippines also sits on the "ring of
fire" where the continental plates collide and thus experience periodic
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Philippine exposure to natural
disasters may be characterized as frequent, varied, and severe; a combination
which has made the country particularly attentive to disaster reduction.
Geography has an effect on the circumstances people have to
live under in a certain place/area. Due to the different circumstances, the people
living in that area have to get used to the environment for them to be able to
survive.
The
Philippines is an archipelago comprising 7,107 islands with
a total land area of 300,000 km2. The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the
total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000 km2.
The next largest island is Mindanao at about 95,000 km2. The archipelago is
around 800 km from the Asian mainland and is located between Taiwan and Borneo.
Many of the Asia and Pacific developing
countries are situated in the world’s hazard belts and are subject to floods,
droughts, cyclones, earthquakes, windstorms, tidal waves and land slides,
etc. The fmajor natural disasters that occur periodically in this region are
largely due to climatic and seismic factors. In the philippines experiences 4
common phenomenon in asia:
1. earthquakes - because the philippines is located in the pacific ring of
fire, it is most likely to experience earthquakes
2. Landslides - usually is the result of flooding and earthquakes
3. Typhoons - are given local names by PAGASA are classified into 4. Storm
signal 1 (30 km/h - 60 km/h), storm signal 2 (60 km/h - 100 km/h), storm signal
3 (100 km/h - 185 km/h) and storm signal 4 (storm cyclone winds greater than
185 km/h)
4. Volcanic eruptions - There are 37 active ones in which 18 of them are active.The
Mayon volcano is the most active volcano
Bea Ylen
Geography of the Philippines
The Philippines is an archipelago that consists of 7,107 islands in the South China, Philippine, Sulu, and Celebes Seas and the Luzon Strait and it is located in southeast Asia. These islands are divided into three parts: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The archipelago is located between Taiwan and Borneo
The Philippines is divided into 17 regions with
all the provinces grouped into one of 16 regions. Provinces are sub divided
into cities and municipalities that consists of barangays.
The Philippines has a tropical-wet climate with a wet
and a dry season. Monsoon rains usually come to most of the archipelago from
May through October. But it sits astride the typhoon belt and it suffers from
typhoons from July through October.
The islands are volcanic in origin, being part of
the Pacific Ring of Fire and are mostly mountainous. The highest point in the
country is mount Apo in Mindanao which is 2,954 meters above sea level. Many
volcanoes in the country are active. The worst eruption happened in 1991 which
was that of mount Pinatubo in Pampanga. Taal volcano is the smallest volcano in
the world.
Natural Phenomena the
Philippines experiences
The Philippines experiences many natural disasters like
earthquakes, flash floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. Storms,
landslides or earthquakes and sometimes a combination of all three at once are
an almost monthly event that affects nearly 8 million people every year.
Landslides are usually the outcome of excessive mining activities and
deforestation.
The effect of geography on
the way of life of the people
Filipinos adapt to their surroundings and the
temperature of where they live. It can affect what or how they do it. People
have different ways of living depending on what their surroundings are.
Aaron Enriquez
Philippine Exposure to Natural Disasters
The Pacific Rim is not only a community of the fastest
growing and most dynamic nations in the world. It is also the area exposed to a
wide range of natural disaster. The Philippines archipelago, located near the
western edge of the Pacific Ocean, is in the direct path of seasonal typhoons
and monsoon rains which bring floods, storms, storm surges, and their attendant
landslides and other forms of devastation. The Philippines also sits on the
"ring of fire" where the continental plates collide and thus
experience periodic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Philippine exposure
to natural disasters may be characterized as frequent, varied, and severe; a
combination which has made the country particularly attentive to disaster
reduction.
Data shows an upturned of disasters as the decade of the 90's
loomed. Impact of which exact tremendous toll on lives and properties,
notwithstanding rollback gains in the economy out of proportion. Coinciding
with the inception year of the IDNDR, the Philippines was hit by a 7.8
magnitude earthquake on July 15, 1990 killing 1,283 people and leaving three
(3) cities in Luzon: Cabanatuan City, Dagupan City and Baguio City devastated
at about P12.2 Billion estimated damages. In the same year, eight (8) strong
typhoons hit the county, claiming 670 lives but registered at P12.8 Billion
high in damages.
Source:http://www.adrc.asia/countryreport/PHL/PHLeng98/index.html
How geography affect the people
Geography affects the conditions people have to live under in
that area. Because of those different conditions, settlers have to adapt to the
environment and change/create a culture. For example, those who live in places
like Russia must learn how to built houses and weave clothing that can keep out
the cold. Their religion may be affected by this, and the same with their
culture. On the other hand, if one lives in India, then he or she would have to
learn how to protect themselves from the summer monsoons, and, in some cases,
the annual floods. As you can see, geography affects culture and daily
practices.
Source:http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100428192414AAX3i16
Iñigo
Lapuz
The Philippines comprises an archipelago of some 7,107 islands
located off Southeast Asia, between the South China Sea on the west and
the Philippine Sea on the east. The major islands are Luzon in the north,
the Visayan Islands in the middle, and Mindanao in the south.
Pacific Ring of Fire, the region in the Earth most prone to
natural disasters such as typhoons, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tornadoes,
and earthquakes. About 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes occur
in the ring of fire. The Pacific Ring of Fire, sometimes
referred to as the circum-Pacific Belt, is comprised of a lot of tectonic
plates under the sea. These tectonic plates tend to move a lot which causes
drastic changes in land portions above the sea. The movements and collisions in
the tectonic plates directly result to the tsunamis or volcanic
eruptions. The Pacific Ring of Fire includes a lot of small islands which
stretches from New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Indonesia, the northern
Philippines, Japan, Alaska, western Americas, South Americas.
Geography
affects people’s activities depending on where they are situated. It affects
their activities because they have a limit in doing something depending on
where they are and what resources are available in that particular area.
Sources:
http://www.geosocphil.org.ph/natural-disasters-in-the-pacific-ring-of-fire.html
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