Cavite
occupies land
area of 142,706 hectares which is approximately 8.72% of CALABARZON’s total
land area, 2.74% of the regional land area and 0.48% of the total land area of
the Philippines which is 299,404.00 hectares. The municipalities of Maragondon
and Silang have the biggest land areas comprising 16,549 hectares, respectively
while the municipality of Noveleta has the smallest land area as indicated by
the 541 hectares or 0.38% of the provincial total land area.
Cavite is divided into four (4)
physiographical areas, namely: The lowest lowland area, lowland area, the
central hilly area and the upland mountainous area. The lowest lowland area is
the coastal plain in particular.
The lowest lowland area, lowland
area, the central hilly area and the upland mountainous area. The lowest
lowland area is the coastal plain in particular. These areas have extremely low
ground level of EL. 0m to EL. 2m compared to the high tide level of about EL.
0.8m from the Mean Sea Level (MSL). These are the municipalities of Bacoor,
Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario.
The lowland area consists of the
coastal and alluvial plains. These areas have flat ground slope of less than
0.5% and low ground elevation of EL. 2m to EL. 30m. The alluvial plain can be
found in the municipality of Imus and southern part of General Trias. Into
these municipalities forms the transition area between the coastal plain and
the central hilly area. It also covers some areas of Bacoor, Kawit, Noveleta,
Rosario and Tanza.
The third topography type is the
central hilly area, generally found on the mountain foot slope. It forms the
rolling tuffaceous plateau. This topography includes steep hills, ridges and
elevated inland valley. The plateau is characterized with ground elevation
ranging from 30m to nearly 400m. Its ground slope ranges from 0.5 to 2%. The
city of Trece Martires and the municipalities of Dasmariñas, Indang and Silang
have this kind of topography.
The last topography type is
upland mountainous area, found in Amadeo and Tagaytay City. They are situated
at a very high elevation above EL. 400m with slopes of more than 2%. The
Tagaytay ridge has a peak elevation of 650m.
Source: The Study on
Comprehensive Flood Mitigation for Cavite Lowland Area, Japan International
Cooperation Agency, 2009
Lowest
Lowland
Cavite City
Bacoor
Kawit
Noveleta
Rosario
Northern Carmona
Eastern Ternate
Lowland
Imus
Southern part of General Trias.
Bacoor
Kawit
Noveleta
Rosario
Tanza
Carmona
Central
Hilly Area
Trece Martires
Dasmariñas
General Emilio Aguinaldo
General Mariano Alvarez
Indang
Maragondon
Ternate
Silang
Carmona
Upland
Mountainous Area
Magallanes
Amadeo
Tagaytay
Mendez
Alfonso
southern part of Maragondon and
Carmona.
Islands
Balot Island, located at the mouth of
Ternate River[13]
Caballo Island
Corregidor
El Fraile Island
Carabao Island
La Monja Island, located west of Corregidor
Limbones Island, located off Maragondon
coast near Batangas border
Pulo ni Burunggoy (now Island Cove Resort)
[formerly Covelandia] located in Bacoor Bay
Santa Amalia Island, located NW of
Corregidor
Major
rivers
Saluysoy Spring (Alfonso)
Matang Tubi
Bacoor River
Cañas River
Imus River
Labac River
Maragondon River
San Juan River or Rio Grande (Grande River)
Ylang-Ylang River
Springs
Balite Spring (Amadeo)
Saluysoy Spring (Alfonso)
Matang Tubig Spring (Tagaytay)
Malakas Spring (General Aguinaldo)
Ulo Spring (Mendez)
Waterfalls
Palsajingin Falls (Indang)
Balite Falls (Amadeo)
Malibiclibic Falls (Gen. Aguinaldo)
Talon-Butas Falls (Gen. Aguinaldo)
Saluysoy Falls (Alfonso)
Tala River (Gen. Aguinaldo)
Utod Falls (Magallanes)
Mayang Falls (Trece)
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