29 Oct 2024        09:46:39 am

Geography

Manila Bay

Tags : Manila Bay

Topic: Bays and Gulfs

Why in the news?

• The Philippine government had completed the recovery of fuel cargo from a sunken oil tanker on Manila Bay, avoiding an environmental catastrophe. The Philippine-flagged MT Terranova went down with 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil on July 25 in rough seas churned by Typhoon Gaemi, killing one crew member.

Source: The Hindu 

About Manila Bay:

• It is a natural harbor that serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines.
• It is strategically located around the capital city of the Philippines.
• It facilitates commerce and trade between the Philippines and its neighboring countries.
• It has an area of 1,994 km2 and a coastline of 190 km.
• It drains approximately 17,000 km2 of watershed area, with the Pampanga River contributing about 49% of the freshwater influx. 

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