Lake Bato

Lake Bato is a freshwater lake and the seventh largest inside the Philippines. It is located inside the town of Bato, about 9 kilometres southwest of Iriga City, Camarines Sur Province, southeastern Luzon, Philippines. It has enormous marshes and swamp forests. The lake drains into a tributary of the Bicol River which enters the ocean near Naga City. Average intensity is 8 metres and the bottom is muddy clay. The pH cost is 6.1, the average dissolved oxygen 10 p.P.M., and the entire hardness 2.4.

The lake turned into firstly called Caligno through natives dwelling across the location and a small settlement become based on its seashores for the duration of pre-Spanish instances; the early settlers thrived at the lake's rich sources and use it as a number one medium of tour. The agreement flourished on to become the present-day town of Bato, Camarines Sur and the lake got here to be named after the city, which turned into hooked up by means of a decree of the Superior Government on February 15, 1758, while the Philippines turned into nevertheless under the Viceroyalty of New Spain.