Wawa Dam

Wawa Dam, also known as Montalban Dam, is a gravity dam constructed over the in the municipality of , . The slightly arched dam is situated in the 360-metre high Montalban Gorge or Wawa Gorge, a water gap in the east of .
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Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Montalban Gorge, Rodriguez, Rizal
  • Also known as: “Lower Wawa Dam”, “Montalban Dam”, and “Old Wawa Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pamitinan Cave and Pamitinan Protected Landscape.

Cave
Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a limestone cave in the foothills of the mountain range near Wawa Dam in , the Philippines. It is located in the , in the barangay of San Rafael, municipality of . is situated 340 metres northwest of Wawa Dam.

Nature reserve
Photo: Camillebea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Philippine protected area of approximately 609 hectares in the mountain range, just 34 kilometres northeast of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rodriguez and San Mateo.

Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, officially the Municipality of , formerly named and still commonly known as Montalban, is a municipality in the province of , .

Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , . It is considered the gateway to the northern part of the province.

Wawa Dam

Latitude
14.7281° or 14° 43′ 41″ north
Longitude
121.19166° or 121° 11′ 30″ east
Elevation
118 metres (387 feet)
Inception
1909
Height
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
7Q63P5HR+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28921776
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
1966329
Wiki­data ID
Q7975576
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tagalog—“Wawa Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wawa Dam”
  • Central Bikol: “Dam nin Wawa”
  • Filipino: “Wawa Dam”
  • Persian: “سد واوا”
  • Tagalog: “Dike ng Wawa”

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Localities in the Area

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