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What are the Geographic Characteristics of Coastal Regions in the Philippines?

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1. Topographically, the Philippines is broken up by the sea, which gives it one of the longest coastlines of any nation in the world. The Philippines coastline stretches to 10,850 statute miles. It has many fine natural harbors and landlocked straits. Most Filipinos live on or near the coast, where they can easily supplement their diet from approximately 2,000 species of fish. An environmental challenge is the increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps which are important fish breeding grounds. The coastal zone in many coastal regions of the Philippines is beset with problems of inadequate resource management, degradation of aquatic resources and water quality, and pollution. Typically the inland is mountainous which drop down to narrow coastal plains and white sand beaches. In actual fact the seasons can vary quite a bit between the coastal plains and the inland mountains. Dense mangrove swamps line many coasts but the plains are fertile and support crops such as hemp, coconuts and tobacco. The coastal plains of Mindanao grow rubber and coconuts. The Philippine Deep is located 72 kilometers (45 miles) off the coast of northern Mindanao and is recognized as the world's second greatest ocean deep, with a depth of 10,802 meters (35,400 ft). The Philippines is affected by the Asian monsoon. It affects the western coastal regions from June to September, while the eastern coastal regions are affected between December and February. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_Philippines#Misamis_coastal_plains http://pid.adb.org/pid/TaView.htm?projNo=33276&seqNo=01&typeCd=2 http://www.philippines-travel-guide.com/philippines-geography.html http://www.travel-university.org/destinations/asia/philippines/ http://marsantos.tripod.com/philippines.htm http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/geography_of_the_philippines.htm