Lake Manguao

Last August 15, 2013 my professor in Engineering Environmental gave us a lecture about wetlands. At first I only thought that wetlands there are only few kinds of wetland but after explaining to us that wetlands are areas that is saturated by water and have unique soil called "hydric soil". It became clearer that there are many types of wetland. One example of a wetland in the Philippines is lake manguao.

After making research about the lake manguao. I found out that it is a 643 hectare area and has a mean altitude of 25 meters above sea level. Lake manguao is located at Taytay, northern palawan island and nine kilometer ride from the town center. It contains unique environment that is why it is very suitable for freshwater fish and domestic birds. There are three endemic fish that lives in the lake that is why it is protected by the local government thus making it non commercialized and can only be access by arrangements. It is also home for some domestic and international birds that is why lake manguao is popular with bird watchers. Lake manguao is also called as lake danao by the locals but because of several lake in the Philippines that has the same name lake danao is change into lake manguao. Lake manguao is not suitable for swimming because the water is very mossy and deep. 

Map of Lake Manguao.

Photos of Lake Manguao.