Baras-Baras Tarlac City Philippines

tion of about 314,155 and its 76 barangays belong to the partly urban areas in the Philippines. While some of the barangays developed modern urban structures, some others, especially those which are seated in the outlying areas, remained rural. The physical terrain of the City of Tarlac is generally flat with slightly rolling to mountainous on the western part. The whole city is traversed by the Tarlac River system. Slope refers to the upward or downward inclination of the land surface. The topography of Tarlac City, which is predominantly level to gently sloping (0-3% slope gradient) covers 90.84% or 38,633.44 hectares, which is suitable for urban expansion and settlements development, and for agricultural production. Slope 3-8% which is gently rolling to undulating accounts for 6.01% of the city’s land area or 2,555.36 hectares. Moderately sloping to rolling areas, slope of 8%-18%, cover 982.67 hectares or 2.31%. The smallest percentage of 358.53 hectares or 0.84% of the city’s land area is rolling to hilly, with a slope gradient of 18-30%. This area is on the far western part of the city, near the boundaries of the municipality of San Jose. Land areas on the above-mentioned slopes are suitable for livestock grazing as identified by the SAFDZ, Bureau of Soils and Water Management Map. Being basically an agriculture town, a big percentage of the land is devoted to agricultural production and thus scattered in all slope ranges. Slope ranges are directly proportional to erosion potential. The lower the slope, the lower its susceptibility to erosion.