Death by Water

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mayon Volcano, Taal Volcano, Olango Island Group, List of National Parks of the Philippines, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Mount Bulusan, Mount Apo, Mount Banahaw, Kanlaon, Mount Malindang, Apo Reef, Culion, Palawan, Mount Arayat, Mount Pulag, Lake Danao, Coron Island, Mount Kitanglad, Hundred Islands National Park, Mount Isarog, Balabac Island, Lake Danao, Bugsuk Island, Quezon National Forest Park. Excerpt: Apo Reef* Apo Reef is a series of coral reefs encompassing 34 square kilometers within the waters of Occidental Mindoro in the Philippines . It is the world's second-largest contiguous coral reef system and the largest in the country. The reef and its surrounding waters are administered as a National Park as part of the Apo Reef Natural Park project. Geology Apo Reef can be found around 33 kilometers west off of the mid-western coast of the Philippine island of Mindoro . Two separate coral reefs make up the atoll -reef system. The two reefs are separated by a 30 meter-deep channel between them. Several environments can be found within the reef's boundaries. Aside from coral reefs , seagrass meadows , beds of macroalgae and mangrove stands are present on and around the reef proper. Conservation history The waters of Apo Reef are protected within a National Park encompassing 274.69 km of the reef and its surrounding area. Of the total area, 157.92 km comprises the Apo Reef Natural Park while the remaining 116.77 km constitute a buffer zone surrounding the national park. Politically, the reef lies in waters within the jurisdiction of the province of Occidental Mindoro in region IV-B of the Philippines. It is directly administered by the local government of the municipality of Sablayan . Originally, Apo Reef was first officially declared a "Marine Park" by ...