Laguna de Bay
The Laguna de Bay is the largest lake in the Philippines and the third largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia after Tonle Sap in Cambodia and Lake Toba on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Luzon between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the north.
Metro Manila is located in the north-west on the coast. The area of the lake covers 949 km ², it has an average depth of only 2 m, the maximum depth is 20 m. The lake has a shape reminiscent of a W, with two peninsulas that protrude from the north coast.
The Laguna de Bay drains out via the Pasig in Manila Bay. The lake is dotted with fishing nets of local fishermen who fish there regularly.
By far the largest of the nine islands of the lake is the Talim Island, which is part of the villages of Binangonan and Cardona in Rizal province.
Laguna de Bay is a Spanish expression, so called because of the city ( Bay) in the province of Laguna. After printed in Pila Vocabulario de Lengua Tagala of 1613 was the name before the Spanish colonization of Pulilan.