Tapuacan River
River in Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
Tapuacan River
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Country | Philippines |
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Municipality | |
Barangay | Cares |
Physical characteristics | |
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• location | Tuba, Benguet,[1] Cordillera mountains |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 16.3333°N 120.467°E / 16.3333; 120.467 |
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• right | Najeng River[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.