The document discusses the different types of landforms and coastal reliefs found in the Philippines. It identifies the Philippines as an archipelago made up of many islands. It describes the different landform types including plains, plateaus, mountains, and depressions. It also outlines the various coastal reliefs such as beaches, capes, estuaries, peninsulas, gulfs, and provides examples of each.

1. Philippine
Landforms and
Coastal Relief

2. Environmental Conservation Training | Feb. 2020
THE PHILIPPINES IS AN
• Archipelagos are land
areas surrounded by
water that form groups
of islands.
ARCHIPELAGO

3. SIARGAO
ISLAND
Examples of Islands in the Philippines
CEBU
ISLAND
BABUYAN
ISLAND

4. Philippine Landforms of
surface relief

5. PLAIN OF LEYTE
Plains are extensive
areas of flat or gently
undulating land.
Plains

6. PLATEAUS
BANAUE RICE
TERRACES
Plateus are elevated
plains.

7. MT. APO
Mountains are very high
areas of relief. They have
steep slopes and an
altitude of more than 600
meters.
MOUNTAINS

8. DEPRESSIONS
CRATER LAKE, PINATUBO
Depression are sunken areas.
They often provide the routes
followed by rivers.
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9. PHILIPPINE
BEACHES, CAPES, ESTUARIES AND
PENINSULAS
COASTAL RELIEFS

10. BORACAY
PHILIPPINE BEACHES
PALAWAN
BEACHES ARE THE FLAT SURFACES FOUND ALONG THE SEASHORE.
THEY ARE FORMED BY THE ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENTS SUCH AS
SAND OR ROCKS.

11. Estuaries are river valleys which have
been flooded by the sea.
ESTUARIES
ESTERO DE
QUIAPO

12. PENINSULA
Peninsulas are extensions of land
surrounded by water on all sides
except one.
GULFS
Gulfs are where the sea is partially
enclosed by the land.
LINGAYEN GULFBICOL PENINSULA