Identifier: newinternational15gilm (find matches)
Title: The new international encyclopaedia
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908 Peck, Harry Thurston, 1856-1914 Colby, Frank Moore, 1865-1925
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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the back-bone of each island is the great central water-parting, streams flowing to the sea on either sideof it in short, straight courses. Mindoro, forexample, has about 00 independent little rivers.The drainage of the larger islands is more com-plicated, the parallel arranceiiient of the moun-tain chains giving space for the development ofconsiderable streams. Among them is the EioGrande de Cagayan (q.v.), with a drainage basinof 10,000 square miles, or much more than one-third of Luzon. All the interior waters of North-eastern Luzon are tributary to the Cagayan,reaching the China Sea on the north coast of theisland. All the interior waters of Central Luzon,south of the Cagayan basin, are included in thesystem of the Rio Grande de la Pampanga. whichempties through a wide delta into Jlanila Bay.The mountains are so near the sea in East Luzonthat the rivers of that coast are of small import-ance excepting the Bicol in the southeast, whichfloats small vessels; but in the northwest the
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 711 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Agno has 11 feet of water on its bar at high tide,■fthich gives some importance to the port ofDagupan at its mouth. The Pasig is only 12miles long, but as it connects Bay Lagoon (q.v.),or Laguna de Bay, with ilanila Bay through thechief port of the island, it is a commercial high-way of importance. The river systems of Min-danao, confined within the parallel ranges, havechiefly a north and south direction and are moreimportant for navigation than those of Luzon.The Rio Grande de Mindanao, one of the largestrivers in the Philippines, drains the central basinof the island, carries the waters of many tribu-taries to the Celebes Sea on the west coast, andis navigable for gunboats as far as Lake Lagu-san. The Rio Agusan (q.v.) rises about 25 milesfrom the south coast, and reaches the sea on thenorth coast, nearly dividing the island. It isnavigable for a few miles from its mouth. Themost important lakes in Luzon are: Laguna deBay. 25 miles long

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