[1][2] It has an estimated drainage area of 3,372 square kilometres (1,302 sq mi) and a length of 196 kilometres (122 mi) from its source in the mountains of Apayao in the Cordillera Administrative Region.

The river is part of the Abulog-Apayao basin, which spans at about a 444,500 hectares (1,716 sq mi) size.

Development plans were proposed for the river, for creating a dam, or more specifically four.

The council still needs to get permission from the Isnag people to construct the dams.

The reactions were mixed, with elders liking the project, stating that it will “will uplift the lives of so many generations to come.”[3] The river is used by many as a fishing spot and a swimming spot.