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{{Short description|River in Aklan, Philippines}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox river | name = Aklan River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Aklan River.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Aklan River in [[Madalag, Aklan]] | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Visayas#Philippines | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Aklan River [[river mouth|mouth]] <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Philippines]] | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = [[Western Visayas]] | subdivision_type3 = Province | subdivision_name3 = [[Aklan]] | subdivision_type4 = City/municipality | subdivision_name4 = {{hlist|[[Madalag, Aklan|Madalag]]|[[Malinao, Aklan|Malinao]]|[[Banga, Aklan|Banga]]|[[Lezo, Aklan|Lezo]]|[[Numancia, Aklan|Numancia]]|[[Kalibo]]}} | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{CVT|97|km}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = [[Central Panay Mountain Range]] | source1_location = [[Mount Baloy]] [[Tapaz]], [[Capiz]] | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Sibuyan Sea]] | mouth_location = [[Kalibo, Aklan]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|11|44|15|N|122|22|00|E|dim:15000_region:PH_type:river|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{cvt|908|km2}} | tributaries_left = {{hlist|[[Timbaban River]]|[[Dumarayray River]]}} | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Aklan River''' is the longest river in the province of [[Aklan]], [[Philippines]], and third-longest [[river]] on [[Panay]] island (after the [[Panay River]] in [[Capiz]] and [[Jalaur River]] in [[Iloilo]]). Its [[drainage basin]] is the third largest in Panay. The river source is located in the [[Central Panay Mountain Range]] on [[Mount Baloy]] in the western portion of Capiz in the vicinity of [[Tapaz, Capiz|Tapaz]]. It flows northwards to the mountainous western portion of [[Jamindan, Capiz|Jamindan]], then northeastward to the town of [[Libacao, Aklan|Libacao]] in [[Aklan]] province. The river traverses the municipalities of [[Madalag, Aklan|Madalag]], [[Malinao, Aklan|Malinao]], [[Banga, Aklan|Banga]], [[Lezo, Aklan|Lezo]], [[Numancia, Aklan|Numancia]], and [[Kalibo]] before emptying to its mouth into [[Sibuyan Sea]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Aklan River: Philippines|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3322594&fid=4981&c=philippines|publisher=Geographic.org|accessdate=February 7, 2013|author=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|location=Bethesda, MD, USA}}</ref> The name of the river is where the term [[Aklan]] came from, and is derived from the word ''akae'', which means to boil or to froth. Because of the swiftness of the river current, the water of the Aklan river seems to boil or froth. ''Akean'' therefore means "where there is boiling or frothing". The two major [[tributaries]] of the river are the [[Timbaban River]] (Madalag River) and [[Dumarayray River]]. A portion of the river's basin is protected in the [[Aklan River Watershed Forest Reserve]]. This {{convert|23185|ha}} reserve in the municipalities of [[Madalag, Aklan|Madalag]] and [[Libacao, Aklan|Libacao]] was formed in 1990 through ''Proclamation No. 600'', for purposes to protect, maintain, or improve the water yield and provide restraining mechanism for inappropriate forest exploitation and disruptive land-use.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proclamation No. 600, s. 1990 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1990/06/28/proclamation-no-600-s-1990/ |website=www.gov.ph |publisher=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |accessdate=March 28, 2017}}</ref> == Tributaries == List of Aklan River tributaries in upstream order:<ref>{{cite web |title=Water Source Development |url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11586757_04.pdf |website=openjicareport.jica.go.jp |access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref> * Malinao River * Timbaban River ** Kinalanga River * Dumalaylay River * Dit-ana River [[File:Aklan River Sunrise.jpg|thumb|none|Sunrise over the Aklan River]] ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{Commons category-inline}} {{Principal River Systems of the Philippines}} {{Protected areas in Western Visayas}} [[Category:Landforms of Aklan]] [[Category:Rivers of the Philippines]] {{WVisayas-geo-stub}} {{Philippines-river-stub}}
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