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The Rio Grande de Mindanao, also known as the Mindanao River, is the second-largest river system in the Philippines.Located on the southern island of Mindanao, with a total drainage area of 23,169 km 2 (8,946 sq mi), [2] draining the majority of the central and eastern portion of the island, and a total length of approximately 373 km (232 mi).
Buayan was centered in what is now Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur in the Cotabato Basin, created by the Rio Grande de Mindanao (or Pulangi) River, 30 km upstream from the Sultanate of Maguindanao. [1] [2] [6] Buayan held great influence over the datus of the interior through political marriages and alliances.
Pulangi is also the site of the proposed Pulangi V Hydroelectric Dam. The project is expected to generate 300 megawatts of renewable energy for Mindanao in southern Philippines. The dam is 3,300 hectares covering portions, mostly highly sloping lands along the riverbank in 22 barangays in Kitaotao, Kibawe, Dangcagan and Damulog in Bukidnon and ...
Rio Grande de Mindanao: Illana Bay: 373 232 Pulangi River: Cotabato City, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Bukidnon, Lanao del Sur: 3 Agusan River: Butuan Bay: 349 217 Tagum: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Compostela Valley: 4 Pulangi River: Illana Bay: 320 199 Mangabon Range: Bukidnon: 5 Pampanga River: Manila Bay: 261 162 Sierra Madre: Pampanga ...
Buayan was centered in what is now the center of Datu Piang, created by the Rio Grande de Mindanao (or Pulangi) River, 30 km upstream from the Sultanate of Maguindanao. [5] [6] [7] It was a powerful state that rivaled the Sultanate of Maguindanao on influence and trade.
Mindanao (/ ˌ m ɪ n d ə ˈ n aʊ / ⓘ MIN-də-NOW) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably the Sulu Archipelago.
Four people, including an infant, were found drowned in the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass over the holiday weekend, an official said.
Known for its river system, the region is the drainage basin of Mindanao, particularly at the Cotabato Basin, a large depression surrounded by mountain ranges on three sides. [4] [5] Within the basin runs the Rio Grande de Mindanao, the longest river in Mindanao and the second