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LAKES OF NEGROS 



In the mountains of the central part of southern Negros, west 

 of the town of Dumaguete, are two lakes, the larger of which 

 is called Lake Balinsasayao. These lakes lie side by side, and 

 each is elongated in a north-south direction. Lake Balinsasayao 

 covers an area of approximately 4 square kilometers, and the 

 smaller lake is perhaps one half as large. Professor T. T. 

 Crooks, of Siliman Institute, Dumaguete, has visited Lake Ba- 

 linsasayao several times. He estimates its elevation at from 

 1,300 to 1,600 meters, and soundings taken by him reveal a 

 maximum depth of 134 meters. The surrounding hills rise 

 abruptly from the water's edge. The lake is well stocked with 

 fish, and Professor Crooks recommends it as a pleasant, cool 

 resort during the period from March to June. 



LAKES OF LEYTE 



There are several small lakes on Leyte Island, but there is 

 little definite information concerning them. Lake Bito, near 

 the eastern coast of central Leyte, is an expanded portion of 

 Bito River. Its area is 1.2 square kilometers, and its surface 

 is 3 meters above high tide according to the Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey. Jagor found its greatest depth to be 13.3 meters. 

 Adams ^* states that Lake Bito has generally been regarded as 

 a crater lake, and while his own observations did not prove 

 to him that the site was an old crater, he believes that the depth 

 of the lake is greater than would be expected in the normal 

 grade of the river. 



Lake Danao is in the central portion of Leyte, 12 kilometers 

 northeast of the town of Ormoc. Its area is the same as that 

 of Lake Bito — 1.2 square kilometers; it is at an elevation of 

 about 500 meters and is elongated in form, lying between 

 mountains. The outlet of Lake Danao flows into a smaller lake 

 farther east, called Amandiuing. Lake Lunay, still smaller, is 

 shown on older maps to the west of Lake Danao. Two small 

 lakes lie to the south of Burauen in central Leyte. The water 

 of one of these, Malaksan (sour), is acid and occupies part of 

 a solfatara from which sulphur has been taken. Lake Jaruanan, 

 the water of which is fresh, is a short distance south of, and 

 somewhat larger than. Lake Malaksan. 



Jagor states that Lake Jaruanan is 668 meters long, 330 meters 



" Op. cit., 340. 



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