Pinacanauan River

{{Short description|River in Cagayan, Philippines}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox river | name = Pinacanauan River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = File:Pinacanauan River (Penablanca, Cagayan).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Luzon mainland#Philippines | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption=  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Philippines]] | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = [[Cagayan Valley]] | subdivision_type3 = Province | subdivision_name3 = [[Cagayan]] | subdivision_type4 = City/municipality | subdivision_name4 = {{hlist|[[Peñablanca, Cagayan|Peñablanca]]|[[Tuguegarao]]}} | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|82.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Cagayan River]] | mouth_location = Tuguegarao | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|17.6051|N|121.7306|E|format=dms|dim:15000_region:PH_type:river|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = Pinacanauan–Cagayan | river_system = [[Pinacanauan Watershed]]<ref name="NaturesWealth-Bk" /> | basin_size = {{convert|65099|ha|km2}}<ref name="NaturesWealth-Bk">{{cite book |last1=van Beukering |first1=Pieter |last2=Papyrakis |first2=Elissaios |last3=Bouma |first3=Jetske |last4=Brouwer |first4=Roy |title=Nature's Wealth: The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Poverty |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1107027152 |page=203 |edition=illustrated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70SZobiA0LgC |accessdate=March 3, 2019}}</ref> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Pinacanauan River''', also known as the '''Pinacanauan de Tuguegarao''', is a [[tributary]] of the [[Cagayan River]] located in the province in [[Cagayan]], in the northern portion of [[Luzon]] in the Philippines. With a length of {{convert|46|km}}, the river originates in the [[Sierra Madre (Philippines)|Sierra Madre]]<ref name="salgado"/> and passes through the [[Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape]],<ref name="NaturesWealth-Bk" /> with large [[karst]] formations, underground chambers, and rare wild flora, before entering the Cagayan River in [[Tuguegarao]], Cagayan.<ref name="salgado"/> The Pinacanauan is considered one of the most scenic attractions in [[Cagayan]], passing beside the [[Callao Cave]] system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Callao caves: The well-kept secret mecca among trekkers and lovers |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/travel-and-tourism/2014/07/27/1350589/callao-caves-well-kept-secret-mecca-among-trekkers-and-lovers |access-date=November 9, 2024 |website=The Philippine Star}}</ref> Due to its moderate to medium-quick rapid further upstream, it is a popular place for [[rafting]] and [[kayaking]]. The place is surrounded by mountains for hiking, climbing and [[spelunking]]. Boat races take place on this river every year on April 21.<ref name="ireport">{{Cite web |title=Pinacanauan River |url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-863777 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210063516/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-863777 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 |access-date=December 8, 2014 |website=CNN}}</ref>

The name ''Pinacanauan'' is also used to refer to three upstream tributaries of the Cagayan River in neighboring [[Isabela Province]] that also originate from the Sierra Madre. These are the ''Pinacanauan de Cabagan'' or the ''Pinacanauan de San Pablo'', which stretches for 46 kilometers and joins the Cagayan River in the boundaries of the towns of [[San Pablo, Isabela|San Pablo]] and [[Cabagan]], the ''Pinacanauan de Tumauini'', which stretches for 35 kilometers before joining the Cagayan River in [[Tumauini]], and the ''Pinacanauan de Ilagan'' or the [[Ilagan River]], which stretches for 40 kilometers before joining the Cagayan River in [[Ilagan]].<ref name="salgado">{{cite book |last=Salgado|first=Pedro|title=Cagayan Valley and Easter Cordillera: 1581-1898, Volume I |publisher=Rex Publishing |orig-date=2002|page=7|chapter=Cagayan Valley at the Arrival of the Spaniards|isbn=}}</ref>

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[[Category:Rivers of the Philippines]] [[Category:Landforms of Cagayan]]