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Tapuacan River

Coordinates: 16°20′08″N 120°27′17″E / 16.33543°N 120.45462°E / 16.33543; 120.45462
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Tapuacan River
  • Tapuakan River
  • Pugo River
Tapuacan River is located in Luzon
Tapuacan River
Tapuacan River is located in Philippines
Tapuacan River
Location
CountryPhilippines
Region
Province
Municipality
BarangayCares
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTuba, Benguet,[1] Cordillera mountains
MouthAnduyan River
 • coordinates
16°20′08″N 120°27′17″E / 16.33543°N 120.45462°E / 16.33543; 120.45462
Basin features
ProgressionTapuacan–AnduyanAringay
Tributaries 
 • rightNajeng River[2]

The Tapuacan River, also known as the Tapuakan River and the Pugo River, is a river located in Cares, Pugo, La Union, Philippines. Its headwaters are situated at the Santo Tomas mountain range, with the main tributary being the Najeng River located in Barangay Tabaan Norte, Tuba, Benguet.[2]

In 2017, the river was awarded by the Regional Development Council of the Ilocos Region as the cleanest and safest inland body of water in the entire region and in La Union province.[3]

In Ilocano, tapuakan means "a place where one can jump as high". In the river, cool and pristine water flows from the town's streams amid a huge rockbeds or large (huge and quite flat) rock formations surrounded by forests and a waterfall.

Topography

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Rock formations and pristine waters

The Pugo River is a stream (a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land, class H - Hydrographic) with the region font code of Asia/Pacific.[4]

The river has crystal clear waters flowing from the mountain top towards the river mainstream, slowing down along giant stones, engulfing into the calves of other rock formations that are tact along the water's path. Its UTM position is TU20 and its Joint Operation Graphics reference is NE51-13 (with nearby cities of San Carlos City, Alaminos & Tarlac).

Tapuacan's Qiblah direction is 288.672387 degrees from North clockwise.[5] Tapuacan is part of PUGAD (which means bird's nest) or Pugo Adventure (the whole Pugo landmark site known as the newly opened Ilocos picturesque adventure and recreation destination, covering more than 3 hectares of lush mountain, forests and cleanest river).

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Panorama of Tapuacan River
Tapuacan River panorama

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Laking, Jimmy (August 9, 2009). "4 Tuba subdivisions told to abet siltation". Baguio Midland Courier. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019. The Pugo River is a source of irrigation to rice farmers in Pugo as well as several communities in Tuba itself where the tributaries of the river originate.
  2. ^ a b Alimondo, Lauren (July 18, 2018). "Tuba probes waste dumping". SunStar Baguio. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019. ... rain waters towards the creek flowing to Najeng River of Tabaan Norte which is the main contributory river of the Tapuakan River in Pugo, La Union.
  3. ^ "Pugo town reaps, nat'l, reg'l awards". Baguio Herald Express Online. December 21, 2017. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  4. ^ http://wikimapia.org/3881807/tapuakan-river [user-generated source]
  5. ^ "Qibla Finder, Qibla Direction, Qibla Compass & Locator | IslamicFinder".
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