|
Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Pulangi
|
Pulangi
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pulangi , river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the mountains of N Mindanao, the Philippines, and flowing SW to Liguasan Marsh. As the Mindanao River, it flows NW to Illana Bay at Cotabato. It drains a rich rice-growing area.
Find more facts and information related to the .
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press
Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses
|
Cotabato
Cotabato, Mindanao/Philippines Magindanao The original name is also the language of the people inhabiting the Pulangi River basin. This was prone to flooding, hence the possible meaning ‘liable to flood’. The present name of the town...
Read more
|
|
Liguasan Marsh
, extensive swamp region, c.25 mi (40 km) long and 20 mi (30 km) wide, along the Pulangi River, S central Mindanao, the Philippines. There are fertile rice-growing areas and mangrove forests in the marsh. A game refuge...
Read more
|
|
|
Mindanao
...bays and has a large western peninsula, the Zamboanga or Sibuguey Peninsula. Its main rivers are the Mindanao (known as the Pulangi in its upper course), c.200 mi (320 km) long and navigable by small steamers for c.40 mi (60 km); and the Agusan, c.240 mi...
Read more
|
