Amburayan River

Amburayan River
View from the Amburayan Bridge along Manila North Road
Amburayan River mouth Amburayan River (Philippines)
Location
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region Ilocos Region
Province	Benguet La Union Ilocos Sur
City/municipality	Kibungan Atok Kapangan Sugpon San Gabriel Santol Sudipen Alilem Tagudin Bangar
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cordillera Mountains
Mouth	South China Sea
• location	Tagudin, Ilocos Sur Bangar, La Union
• coordinates	16°55′15.7″N 120°24′39″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Bakun River

Amburayan River is a river in the northeastern portion of island of Luzon in the Philippines. It originates from the Cordillera mountains and traverses the provinces of Benguet, La Union, and Ilocos Sur, where it empties into the South China Sea.

The river serves as the boundary between the provinces of Ilocos Sur and La Union.

Source and course

The river's headwaters are a confluence of smaller creeks along the south of barangay Lubo, in Kibungan. Several other tributary creeks merge with the river as it flows along Atok and Kapangan. It then flows along the Sugpon–San Gabriel boundary, the Sugpon–Santol boundary, the Sugpon–Sudipen boundary, the Sudipen–Alilem boundary, the Sudipen–Tagudin boundary, and finally at the Tagudin–Bangar boundary, where its river mouth is located.

In culture

In the Ilocano epic, Biag ni Lam-ang, the hero Lam-ang came to bathe in the Amburayan, as he was soaked in dirt and blood after a battle with headhunters. Assisted by maidens from a nearby village, he shed the dirt and blood which polluted the river and killed the fish and other animals in the water.