| Subang Daku River (Subangdaku) | |
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Subang Daku River
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| Country | Philippines |
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| Regions | Region VIII, Eastern Visayas |
| District | Legislative district of Southern Leyte |
| Cities | Sogod, Southern Leyte, Mahaplag, Leyte, Abuyog, Leyte |
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| - location | From the mountains of Barangay Kahupian, Barangay San Juan, and the town of Mahaplag, Eastern Visayas |
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| Mouth | Sogod Bay |
| - location | Sogod, Southern Leyte, Legislative district of Southern Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines |
Subangdaku River is a river situated in Sogod, Southern Leyte. It is the town's biggest river lying on the center part of the area that drains to the Sogod Bay. From the name itself in Cebuano means "big river" or "wide river"
For years, following the floodings of the river, it created an issue over the province. It has been quarried and rechanneled which caused the incidents. After many attempts, the issue remained unsolved.
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By description, it can be considered as a braided river composed of several channels from near areas that divide and again reunite in a certain area forming an alluvial fan with very wide floodplain. As such, the river usually became hazardous during typhoon after a heavy rain.[1]
The river has been meandering its natural course. The occurrence is being observed by natives living along the river every time a flood occur.
Quarrying activities had been frequent in the area. Several companies have exploited and extracted sand and gravel in the area that are being accumulated by the river's current every time it floods.
The extraction of sand and gravel made the river bed lose its strength. For such, the river becomes vulnerable to flood and environmental occurrences such as erosion. After a typhoon strikes the area, because it has many channels, the current of the river easily gets so strong that it becomes hazardous to nearby villages. In 2001, part of the Philippine National Road was devastated.