The Philippines is an archipelago of 7107 island with total land area, including inland bodies of water, of approximately 300,000 square kilometers. Its 36,289 kilometers of coastline makes it the country the 5th longest coastline in the world.
Most of mountainous island are covered in tropical rainforest & volcanic in Origin. The highest mountain is Mount Apo. The Galatea depth in the Philippines trench is the deepest point in the country & the third deepest in the world.
Due to the volcanic nature of the deposits are abundant. The country is estimated to have the second largest gold deposits after south Africa & one of the largest copper deposits in the world.
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