[3] In May 2017, the Inabanga River was used by heavily armed members of Abu Sayyaf for a planned incursion into Bohol.

[4] Its sources, the Wahig and Pamacsalan Rivers, spring in the mountains of Sierra Bullones and flow into an irrigation reservoir behind the Pilar or Malinao Dam.

From there the Inabanga River bisects Bohol before draining in the Cebu Strait in the north-western part of the island.

The estuary is under threat from human development pressures such as fish pens, oyster farms, recreational use, and pollution.

[1] The Inabanga River watershed is 627.93 square kilometres (242.45 sq mi) and covers all or parts of 15 municipalities in Bohol.