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  2. Continental shelf - Wikipedia

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    The shelf surrounding an island is known as an "insular shelf." The continental margin , between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain , comprises a steep continental slope, surrounded by the flatter continental rise , in which sediment from the continent above cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of ...

  3. Maritime Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    The terms Island Southeast Asia and Insular Southeast Asia are sometimes given the same meaning as Maritime Southeast Asia. [ a ] Other definitions restrict Island Southeast Asia to just the islands between mainland Southeast Asia and the continental shelf of Australia and New Guinea.

  4. Bicol express - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, the food processing of Bicol express into glass jars was considered by the Llaguno family. [24] The Philippines' Department of Science and Technology aided in extending the shelf life of these processed dishes for another year and the commercial production of processed Bicol express meals began to proliferate. [24]

  5. Filipino cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Filipino cuisine is composed of the cuisines of more than a hundred distinct ethnolinguistic groups found throughout the Philippine archipelago.A majority of mainstream Filipino dishes that comprise Filipino cuisine are from the food traditions of various ethnolinguistic groups and tribes of the archipelago, including the Ilocano, Pangasinan, Kapampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano, Visayan, Chavacano ...

  6. Philippines files UN claim to extended continental shelf in ...

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    The Philippines said it was using an entitlement under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea to establish the outer limits of its continental shelf, comprising the seabed and subsoil of the ...

  7. Geography of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Philippines map of Köppen climate classification zones The Philippines has a tropical maritime climate that is usually hot and humid. There are three seasons: tag-init or tag-araw , the hot dry season or summer from March to May; tag-ulan , the rainy season from June to November; and tag-lamig , the cool dry season from December to February.

  8. Category : Insular Government of the Philippine Islands

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    Treaties of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (1 P) Pages in category "Insular Government of the Philippine Islands" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.

  9. Philippine English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Balikbayan [16] — A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country. Balikbayan box [5] [3] — A carton shipped or brought to the Philippines from another country by a Filipino who has been living overseas, a balikbayan, typically containing items such as foods, clothing, toys, and household products.