Editing Luzon (section)

==== Southern Luzon ====
{{redirect|Southern Luzon|the historical region|Southern Tagalog|the current regions|Calabarzon|and|Mimaropa}}
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|overlay2     = [[Laguna de Bay]]
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|overlay3     = [[Taal Volcano]] / {{nowrap|[[Taal Lake]]}}
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|overlay4     = [[Bataan Peninsula]]
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|overlay5     = [[Balayan Bay]]
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|overlay6     = [[Batangas Bay]]
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|overlay7     = [[South China Sea]]
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|overlay8     = [[Mindoro Island]]
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|overlay9     = [[Lamon Bay]]
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Southern Luzon is dominated by [[Laguna de Bay]] ([[Old Spanish]], "''Lake of [[Bay, Laguna|Bay]] town''"), the largest [[lake]] in the country. The {{convert|949|km2|adj=on}} lake is drained into [[Manila Bay]] by the [[Pasig River]], one of the most important rivers in the country due to its historical significance and because it runs through the center of [[Metro Manila]].

Located {{convert|20|km}} southwest of Laguna de Bay is [[Taal Lake]], a [[Volcanic crater lake|crater lake]] containing the [[Taal Volcano]], the smallest in the country. The environs of the lake form the [[highland|upland]] [[Tagaytay Ridge]], which was once part of a massive prehistoric volcano that covered the southern portion of the province of [[Cavite]] and the whole of [[Batangas]] province.

South of Laguna Lake are two [[Topographic prominence|solitary]] mountains, [[Mount Makiling]] in [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]] and Batangas provinces, and [[Mount Banahaw]], the highest in the region of [[Calabarzon]].