page_title: Aurora Memorial National Park
section_title: Wildlife
hierarchical_section_title: Aurora Memorial National Park / Wildlife
caption_attribution_description: English: Maria Aurora, Aurora Aurora (province) (Upon entering the province via Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija you’ll pass over the Canili Dam and the road I passed on was actually built on the dike that was constructed to dam a river to create the Pantabangan Dam. This is the view on the left side of the road with plenty of very deep forest ravine a breathtaking sight to behold!: notes: Pampanga River flows to Pantabangan Dam in twin towns sharing of Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya and Maria Aurora, Aurora Aurora (province) gateway toTown Proper (along the picturesque Pan-Philippine Highway of Maria Aurora to Baler National Highway taken from moving Genesis Transport bus) Note: Canili and Diayo Dams and Reservoirs, Maria Aurora [1] (Manmade Structures Dams, Coordinates (WGS84) 15° 47.351N 121° 19.066E Elev: 309m)[2][3]. The 4-decade old dam is a tributary of Pantabangan Dam that irrigates more than 100,000 hectares of farmlands in the provinces of Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Bulacan in Central Luzon; Diayo dam, which was simultaneously built along with Pantabangan Dam in 1970s, was designed only for light vehicles; it has been transformed into a major part of BPR when Baler-Bongabon road, then a major road network linking Aurora to Nueva Ecija, was devastated by a series of typhoons in 2004; the Dams are situated in the deep canyons of the Canili and Diayo rivers in the Baler-Aurora basin; he confluence of the two rivers is about 800 meters downstream of the Canili damsite where it forms the Cabatangan River, which flows east to the town of Baler and empties into the Philippines Sea.[4]).
context_page_description: Aurora Memorial National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located within the Sierra Madre mountain range between the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Aurora in Central Luzon. The park covers an area of 5,676 hectares stretching over 50 kilometers along the scenic Bongabon-Baler road. Established in 1937 by virtue of Proclamation No. 220, the park was dedicated to then First Lady Aurora Aragon Quezon. It had an initial area of 2,356 hectares. By 1941, its size more than doubled to its current area of 5,676 hectares. The maximum altitude of the park is reported to be 1,000 m, so the main forest type inside the park must be lowland dipterocarp, with only limited areas of montane forest. Land uses inside the park include both permanent and shifting agriculture and forestry.
context_section_description: The park is promoted by the local government as an eco-tourism destination containing some of the most important rainforests in this part of the region. Its location in the Sierra Madre range provides a rich habitat to a diverse flora and fauna, including several species of amphibians, reptiles (lizards, snakes and turtles) and birds (vultures, falcons and hawks.) It is also home to the Luzon water-redstart and the endangered Philippine eagle.
caption: Canili Dam in Maria Aurora
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