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Brief History and Land Formations Flashcards

MinSuPala and Its People

1
Q

Mindanao is known as ______

A

Land of many lakes

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2
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How many sq. km. or percent is the total land area of Mindanao?

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92,00 sq. km. or 34%

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3
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What resulted to the geographical development of Mindanao?

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  • Island has a long and irregular coastline
  • Many bays and peninsulas
  • Numerous volcanoes
  • High peak mountain ranges
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It is a period which began 135 mya, where Philippines was once parts of the Asian continent as indicated in the presence of some land mass including the paneplains of Mindanao.

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Cretaceous period

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5
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___________ is a period or age where a rift separated the Philippines from Formosa or known as _____.

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  • End of the Cretaceous Period and towards the Middle Tertiary Period or Miocene Age
  • Taiwan
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6
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What are the geological events that took place between the Miocene age?

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There was intense volcanism which resulted in more mountain-building and pushing of new lands. Mindanao was believed to be the product of this event.

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7
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It is a period or age where Mindanao has five distinct islands: _____, ______, ______. ______, and _______.

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  • late Piocene and early Pleistocene period or Ice Glacial Age.
  • Zamboanga Peninsula, Agusan Valley, land south of Cotabato River, land near Lake Lanao, land between Agusan Valley and Bukidnon
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8
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What are the two distinct land connections

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Palawan- -Borneo land brindge and Sulu-Mindanao-Borneo linkage

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9
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What certain fauna present in different regions as land bridged were permitted?

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Stegedon and Elephas (Elephants)

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10
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Mindanao is the second-largest island in the Philippines and has the greatest _________ development

A

Physiographic

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11
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How many mountain ranges does Mindanao can be conveniently grouped?

A

Five (5)

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12
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The group of mountain ranges includes both the ______ and _________

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Complex structural mountains and volcanoes

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13
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The structural mountains on the extreme eastern and western portion of the island show broad exposures of _________ rock with ____________ rock at the surface

A

Mesozoic rock with Ultra-basic rocks

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14
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From Bilas Point in Siargao del Norte to Cape Agustin in Southern Davao, is a range of complex mountains known in their northern portion called ___________

A

Diwata Mountains

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15
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This range is low and rolling in its central portion, reaching a maximum elevation of only 450 meters.

A

Diwata Mountains

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16
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The Diwata Mountains, north of these low portion, are considerably higher and more rugged, reaching an elevation of 2,012 meters in ____________, 17 miles northeast of _____________.

A

Mount Hilonghilong

Butuan City

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17
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The series of small coastal lowlands of east-facing coastal regions of ________ and ________ separated others one from the other by rugged forelands that extend to the water’s edge.

A

Davao and Surigao del Sur

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18
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________ are numerous coral reefs and tiny islets

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Off-shores

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19
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A few miles off-shore is found the Mindanao or ________

A

Philippine Deep

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20
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A second north-south range extends along the western boarders of ______ and _____ from ________ in the north to _______ in the south.

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Agusan and Davao

Camiguin Island to Tinaca point

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21
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An ocean trench, reaching measured depths of 35,400 ft., marks one of the greatest depths known on the earth’s surface

A

Philippine Deep

22
Q

This range is mainly structural in origin, but it also contains at least three active volcanoes

A

North-South Range

23
Q

West of the city of Davao has two active volcanoes:

A

Mount Talomo (2,693 meters)

Mount Apo (A range 2,954 meters)

24
Q

A range in western Mindanao which has aa complex structural mountains forms the long, handle like ________

A

Zamboanga-Peninsula (1,200 meters)

25
Q

There are several places in the Zamboanga Mountains where ________ have been created with some potential for future agricultural development

A

Intermountain basins

26
Q

A series of volcanic mountains are found in ______ in a broad arc through ___________, ___________, and __________.

A

Lake Lanao

Lanao del Sur, northern Cotabato, western Bukidnon provinces.

27
Q

There are 20-odd peaks in this area, how many are active?

A

Six (6)

28
Q

A peak with four crater lakes, easily seen from Cotabato

A

Butig Peak

29
Q

An active cone reaching 2,815 meters, is the MOST ISOLATED

A

Mount Ragang

30
Q

A mountain that has the greatest height in Bukidnon at 2,896 meters

A

Mount Kitanglad

31
Q

In South Cotabato, another range of volcanic mountains found, this time _________ the coast

A

Paralleling the coast

32
Q

It is a mountain that has an almost circular crater lakes measures a mile and a quarter in diameter and lies 300 meters below its 2,040-meter summit.

A

Mount Parker

33
Q

A second important physiographic division of Mindanao is the series of upland plateaus in _______ and ________ provinces

A

Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur provinces

34
Q

It is composed of basaltic lava flows interbedded with ash and volcanic tuff. Deep canyons near their edges cut it, and spectacular waterfalls drop to the narrow of the coast plain at several points.

A

A plateau

35
Q

This falls hold considerable promise for the development of “hydroelectric energy”

A

Maria Cristina Falls

36
Q

It occupies the major portion of one such plateau area in Lanao del Sur

A

Lake Lanao

37
Q

It is the largest lake in Mindanao and ranked second in the entire country is roughly triangular in shape with an ___-mile long base.

A

Lake Lanao

18-mile long base

38
Q

A city in the northern tip of the lake, bisected by the _________ river which feeds the Maria Cristina Falls

A

Marawi City

Agusan River

39
Q

Falls that present one of the nation’s scenic wonders at the gateway to a LANDFORMS

A

Jose Abad Santos Falls at Malabang

40
Q

Mindanao contains two large inland lowland areas

A

The valleys of the Agusan in Agusan are and Mindanao Rivers in Cotabato Provinces

41
Q

It occupies a broad syncline between the central mountains and the east coast mountains. This valley measure 110 miles from south to north and varies from 20 to 20 miles in width

A

Agusan Valley

42
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35 miles north of the head of DAVAO GULF, lies ahead a watershed between the AGUSAN and the tributaries of the _____________ which flow to the Gulf

A

Libuganon River

43
Q

The Mindanao River has its main tributaries, what are these?

A

The Catisan and Pulangi

44
Q

The Southern extension of the Cotabato Valley extends uninterrupted across a 350-meter watershed from ______________ on the northwest to ___________ on the southeast

A

Illana Bay

Sarangani Bay

45
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One of the lowlands of the coastal nature of Mindanao that has tiny, isolated pockets.

A

The northwest coastline of Zamboanga

46
Q

In other areas, the coastal lowlands are as much as ten miles wide and several times length

A

Davao Plain

47
Q

From _____ to ________ extends a rolling coastal plain of varying width.

A

Butuan City to Misamis OCcidental

48
Q

Dormant Mountain that created a lowland averaging 8 miles in width

A

Mt. Malindang

49
Q

Shallow _____ divides the province from Lanao del Norte and is bordered by low-lying, poorly-drained lowlands, and extensive mangroves

A

Panguil Bay

50
Q

A place where the plain is narrower and in places almost pinched out by rugged forelands which are rich to the sea

A

Misamis Oriental

51
Q

A mountain that runs a few miles off the tip of this lowland-rimmed protection lies the land of Camiguin. The most recent violent eruption occured in 1951

A

Mt. Hibok-Hibok

52
Q

Immediately south of ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA lies ______. South of it lies _________ that extends 200 miles

A

Basilan Island

Sulu

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