Visayan Sea

E136986

body of water sea

The Visayan Sea is a central Philippine sea renowned for its rich fishing grounds and its location surrounded by the islands of the Visayas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Visayan Sea canonical	44
Visayan Sea and surrounding waters	1
Visayan Sea area	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ sea ⓘ
basinCountry	Philippines ⓘ
belongsTo	Southeast Asia ⓘ
borderedBy	Cebu Island ⓘ Leyte ⓘ surface form: Leyte Island Masbate Island ⓘ Negros Island ⓘ Panay Island ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
connectsTo	Camotes Sea ⓘ Guimaras Strait ⓘ Jintotolo Channel ⓘ Samar Sea ⓘ Tañon Strait ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
economicImportance	fisheries sector ⓘ food security in the Visayas ⓘ local livelihoods ⓘ
environmentalIssue	habitat degradation ⓘ overfishing risk ⓘ pollution from coastal settlements ⓘ
governedBy	Philippine national fisheries regulations ⓘ
hasActivity	aquaculture (coastal areas) ⓘ fishing ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion	Cebuano-speaking communities ⓘ Hiligaynon-speaking communities ⓘ Waray-speaking communities ⓘ
knownFor	abundant marine resources ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ rich fishing grounds ⓘ sardine fisheries ⓘ small-scale fisheries ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Philippines ⓘ Visayas ⓘ
marineEcoregion	Visayan Sea region ⓘ surface form: Central Philippine marine ecoregion
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Philippine Sea ⓘ surface form: Philippine Sea region Philippine Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Philippine archipelago Philippine internal waters ⓘ
region	Visayas ⓘ
subjectTo	seasonal fishing closures (selected species) ⓘ
surroundedByRegion	Central Visayas ⓘ Eastern Visayas ⓘ Western Visayas ⓘ
waterType	saltwater ⓘ
weatherPattern	influenced by monsoon systems ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Visayas → bodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Central Visayas → bordersBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Cebu → bodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Iloilo province → bordersBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Negros Occidental → hasBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Biliran Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Panay Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Negros Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Bantayan Island → locatedIn → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Cebu Strait → connectsTo → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Tañon Strait → connectsTo → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Sibuyan Sea → connectedTo → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Malapascua Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Kalanggaman Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Camotes Sea → connectsTo → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Samar Sea → connectedTo → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Guimaras Strait → connects → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Guimaras Strait → oceanPartOf → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Region VI → hasBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Islas de Gigantes → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Escalante → locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Sugarbowl of the Philippines → borders → Visayan Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Negros Occidental

Aklan → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Aklan → borderedByBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Bais → locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion → Visayan Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Visayan Sea area

Biliran → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Madridejos → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Daanbantayan → locatedOn → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Daanbantayan → hasBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Masbate → bodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Lakawon Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Lakawon Island → hasViewOf → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Panay → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Jintotolo Channel → connects → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Santa Fe → coastlineOn → Visayan Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Santa Fe, Cebu

San Lorenzo → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: San Lorenzo, Guimaras

Tanon Strait → connectsTo → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Masbate Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Naval → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Biliran Province → bodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Kawayan → hasCoastlineOn → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Caibiran → coastlineOn → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Caibiran → hasBodyOfWaterNearby → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Maripipi → locatedInBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Sagay → hasBodyOfWater → Visayan Sea ⓘ

Spanish–Moro conflict → location → Visayan Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Visayan Sea and surrounding waters