Abulog
{{Short description|River in north Luzon, Philippines}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
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| name = Abulog River
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| image = Dibagat river.JPG
| image_caption = The river in Dibagat, Kabugao, Apayao.
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| pushpin_map_caption= Abulog River mouth
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| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Philippines}} Philippines
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| subdivision_name2 = {{hlist|Cordillera Administrative Region|Cagayan Valley}}
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| subdivision_name3 = {{hlist|Apayao|Cagayan}}
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| length = {{convert|196|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| discharge1_location= Babuyan Channel
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| source1_location = Apayao
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The Abulog River or Abulug River is the 9th largest river system in the Philippines in terms of watershed size.{{cite web|url=http://internationalrivers.org/files/021214.corddams.pdf |title=Dams in the Cordillera |year=2001 |publisher=Cordillera People's Alliance, Public Information Commission |accessdate=September 19, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828003406/http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/021214.corddams.pdf |archivedate=August 28, 2008 |url-status=dead }}"Principal River Basins of the Philippines" Published by the National Water Resources Board, October 1976 (p 12) It has an estimated drainage area of {{convert|3372|km2}} and a length of {{convert|196|km}} from its source in the mountains of Apayao in the Cordillera Administrative Region. More than 90% of the drainage area of the river is located in Apayao province while the remaining, including the mouth of the river, is in Cagayan province.
Location and basin
The river is located in the northern part of Cordillera, along with the Apayao River. The river is part of the Abulog-Apayao basin, which spans at about a {{Convert|444,500|ha|sqmi}} size. The upper reaches of the Abulug River, especially upstream from Kabugao, is commonly known as the Apayao River.
Dam
Development plans were proposed for the river, for creating a dam, or more specifically four. The Gened 2 HEPP, the Aoan Dam, the Calanasan dam, and one more unnamed dam. The council still needs to get permission from the Isnag people to construct the dams. The reactions were mixed, with elders liking the project, stating that it will “will uplift the lives of so many generations to come.”{{Cite web |last= |date=January 15, 2022 |title=Dam projects to swallow sacred grounds of Cordillera’s river people |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/dam-projects-swallow-sacred-grounds-isnag-river-people-cordillera/ |access-date=September 1, 2024 |work=Rappler |language=en-US}}
Use
The river is used by many as a fishing spot and a swimming spot. With the river being sacred by many, especially the Isnag people.
Crossings
References
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{{Principal Rivers of the Philippines}}
Category:Rivers of the Philippines
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