Kalatungan Mountain Range
The Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park is a nature reserve and is situated south of Mount Kita Glad Range Natural Park in the province of Bukidnon on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It was established with the Decree No. 305 Präsdidialen on 5 May 2000.
Geography
The reserve is divided into a 22,076 hectare core zone and a 13,687 -acre buffer zone, which includes the complete core zone. It overlaps with the areas of Manupali Watershed Forest Reserve and the Muleta Watershed Forest Reserve, so that a biosphere corridor in an area of 127 731 ha covering the areas of Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountains.
The altitudes of the reserve extends 1064-2824 meters, the summit of Kalatungan. The forests in the mountains of Kalatungan include evergreen rainforest which passes from a height of about 1000 meters in a low- growing mountain rain forest, which extends up to the summit regions. The forest inventory covers an area of about 14,911 ha, bushland or heathland cover an area of about 2,130 ha, and grassland covers an area of 3,295 hectares, the park has a variety of surface forms for a variety of animals and plants a create habitat, so there are numerous waterfalls, wetlands, a lake, caves, rock cliffs and other rock formations.
Hydrology
Within the reserve are the headwaters of many smaller rivers and streams, is the largest of the Muleta on the southern flank. On the northern flank of the mountain is the headwaters of the Cagayan River. The main source of the river is approximately 2,500 meters above sea level on Kalatungan.
Fauna
There are smaller populations of the gold crown flying fox, the short-faced flying fox ( Alionycteris paucidentata ), which are endemic in the area of Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park and Mount Kita Glad Range Natural Park. There live as the Philippine Warty Pig (Sus philippinensis ) and the Philippine deer ( Cervus mariannus ) in the park.
Flora
Five dominant tree species grow in the park are endemic to Mindanao, the Katmon ( Dillenia philippinensis ), White Lauan ( Shorea contorta ), red lauan ( Shorea negro sensis ) Bagtikan ( Parashorea malaanonan ) and the Bikal Baboi ( Schizotachyum dielsianum ).
Culture
The locals Bukidnons, which are composed of the indigenous tribes of the Manobo and Talaandig, mostly living in the forest areas, which they regard as holy, as these areas are used as burial sites. The locals live off the forest that they use as a source of food, but also for the natural medicine. Mountaineers and hikers must obtain a permit from the trunks elders before entering the mountains and a ritual to perform the ancestral spirits agree benevolent.
A Small hydroelectric power plant on the southern flank of the massif in Maramag supplies the province with electricity.