Camotes Sea

Geographical location

The Camotes Sea is a body of water between the Philippine main islands in the West Cebu, Leyte and Bohol in the east to the south.

Geography

The Camotes Sea is situated in the central Philippine island of Visayas and the group is below the Juristifikation of Central and Eastern Visayas. It covers an area of ​​9923.6 km ² and has a coastline of 549.2 kilometers, these areas include the waters of the Danajon - reef system in the south of the Camotes Sea. The greatest depth of the sea is 806 meters below sea level. At its center are part of the Camotes Islands ( inter alia, the island Ponson ), in the southwest, directly in front of Cebu, Mactan Island and Olango Archipelago. Off the north coast of the island of Bohol, a large number of small islands are formed from coral reefs. In the north the Camotes Sea is in the Visayan Sea, in the south west in the Strait of Cebu (or Bohol Strait ) and the South East in the Canigao channel and the Mindanaosee over.

Ecology

The waters of the Camotes Sea are divided into two ecozones that the actual Camotes Sea and the Danajon - reef system in the south. The waters and the Danjon reef system are considered one of the best fishing of the entire Central Visayas. In the Camotes Sea coral reefs in total cover an area of ​​738.8 km ², of which only the Danajon reef system covers an area of ​​624.3 km ² and exceeds in its dimensions and the coral reefs in the Apo Reef Marine Natural Park in the Mindoro Strait. More coral reefs can be found around the Cuatro Islas Calangaman and around Iceland. It is one of the largest reef systems, but is largely unknown. Mangrove forests cover a total of 60.50 km ² of the coastline and are particularly valuable as organic. They are interspersed with the Nipapalme ( Nypa fruticans ). Along the coastline of the Camotes Sea ² Aqua cultures were at 51 km.