Philippines

About Philippines:

• Location: It is an island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean.
• Water Bodies: It is surrounded by the South China (north and west); Philippine Sea (east); Celebes Sea (south); and by the Sulu Sea to the (southwest). 
• Capital city: Manila
• Geographical Features of Philippines:
  • Climate: It majorly consists of tropical and monsoonal type of climate.
  • Highest Point: Mount Apo.
  • Major Rivers: Cagayan River (Philippines’ longest river), Mindanao, Agusan etc.
  • Major Lake: Laguna de Bay
  • Volcano: Mayon Volcano, one of the most active in the country. Other volcanoes are Bulusan and Kanlaon.
  • Natural resources: Timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
  • The Philippines is the third-largest producer of geothermal energy globally, after the United States and Indonesia.