Lake Apo
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Lake Apo is a circular rift lake
found in Barangay Guinoyoran, Valencia City
, Bukidnon
province in the Philippines
. It is dubbed as cleanest and greenest inland body of water in Northern Mindanao
. It has an estimated area of 24 hectares (0.24 square kilometers) reaching to a depth of 26 meters.
The name of the lake come from the Filipino
term "apo," meaning elder or grandparent. According to legend there was a man living in the mountains who raped his granddaughter and was punished by the mountain deities for his disrespectful act by flooding the area forming the Lake Apo.
Geologically, the lake was formed due to the movement of the Earth's crust, creating a circular-shaped lake atop the mountain floor.
Rift lake
A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust. They are often found within rift valleys and may be very deep...
found in Barangay Guinoyoran, Valencia City
Valencia City, Bukidnon
The City of Valencia is a 2nd class city in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 162,745 people in 28,425 households.-History:...
, Bukidnon
Bukidnon
Bukidnon is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Malaybalay City. The province borders, clockwise starting from the north, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, and Lanao del Norte.Bukidnon is...
province in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is dubbed as cleanest and greenest inland body of water in Northern Mindanao
Northern Mindanao
Designated as Region X of the Philippines, Northern Mindanao is composed of five provinces and two cities classified as highly-urbanized, all occupying the north-central part of Mindanao island, and the island-province of Camiguin...
. It has an estimated area of 24 hectares (0.24 square kilometers) reaching to a depth of 26 meters.
The name of the lake come from the Filipino
Filipino language
This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...
term "apo," meaning elder or grandparent. According to legend there was a man living in the mountains who raped his granddaughter and was punished by the mountain deities for his disrespectful act by flooding the area forming the Lake Apo.
Geologically, the lake was formed due to the movement of the Earth's crust, creating a circular-shaped lake atop the mountain floor.