List of rivers and estuaries in Metro Manila

Metro Manila, Philippines, is located in the hydraulically complex Pasig River—Laguna de Bay—Manila Bay watershed, which includes more than thirty tributaries within the urban area.

The following list is sorted by name, with a brief description of each.

Name	Description	Image
Alabang River	Drains water from Alabang (up to Ayala Alabang Village and Festival Supermall). Dumps water into Laguna de Bay via Pasong Diablo River.
Amorsolo Creek	Drains water from Amorsolo Street in Makati starting from the area around the Makati Medical Center. A section of has been built over by the developers of the Amorsolo on-ramp of the Manila Skyway. Passes through San Lorenzo Village and Don Bosco Church. Dumps water into Estero de Tripa de Gallina.
Batasan River	Drains water from Malabon and Navotas. Dumps water to Tanza River which leads to Manila Bay via Tangos River.
Bayanan Creek	Drains water from Muntinlupa. Dumps water into Laguna de Bay.
Canal de la Reina / Estero de la Reina	Drains water from Manila as far as Tayuman Street, Recto Avenue, and Binondo. Ends in Binondo and there is a floodgate or pumping station in that end at Muelle de Binondo. Dumps water into Pasig River at its southern tip. Dumps water into Manila Bay via Estero de Vitas in its northern tip.	200px
Dampalit River	Drains water from Malabon and Navotas and dumps it to Tangos River.	200px
Estero de Aviles
Estero de Binondo		200px
Estero de Maypad	Drains water from Manila, Navotas and Caloocan. Dumps water to Navotas River.
Estero de Paco	Drains Paco and Pandacan. Leads to Pasig River.
Estero de Pandacan	Drains Pandacan and Paco. Dumps water into Pasig River.
Estero de Sampaloc
Estero de San Miguel	Located in the Manila district of San Miguel along its boundary with Quiapo, Sampaloc and Santa Mesa. Drains into Pasig River.	200px
Estero de Sunog Apog	Drains water from Manila. Dumps water to Manila Bay via Estero de Vitas.
Estero de Uli-Uli
Estero de Tripa de Gallina	Drains water from Manila (Paco and San Andres), Makati as far as Forbes Park and Fort Bonifacio and then through Gil Puyat Avenue in Makati and Pasay (including Bangkal and Don Bosco Makati) and then in Parañaque. Dumps water into Manila Bay via the Parañaque River at an intersection near western side of the NAIA runway.
Estero de Quiapo
Estero de Valencia
Estero de Vitas	Drains water from Manila (as far as Tayuman Street). Dumps water directly to Manila Bay.
Laguna River	Major channel. Drains water from Makati, Pateros and Taguig. Dumps water into Laguna de Bay.
Las Piñas River	Major channel. Drains water from Las Piñas and dumps it directly to Manila Bay.	200px
Magdaong River	Drains water from Muntinlupa. Dumps water into Laguna de Bay.
Mangangate River	Drains water from Alabang and Ayala Alabang in Muntinlupa and empties into the Laguna de Bay.
Marikina River	Major channel. Drains water from Marikina, Cainta, Rodriguez, San Mateo and Antipolo in Rizal. as well as some parts of Quezon City. It leads to Pasig River.
Marilao River	Major channel. Drains water from Marilao, Meycauayan and as far as the northwestern side of the La Mesa Dam area. Two other rivers, the Meycuayan River and Polo River that drains Malabon and Valenzuela dump their water here. Another great rivers, the Santa Maria River and Balagtas River meet up with the Marilao River in the Obando area before reaching Manila Bay.	200px
Maytunas Creek	Drains Mandaluyong and San Juan. Dumps water into San Juan River.
Meycauayan River	Major channel. Drains water from Valenzuela and Meycauayan in Bulacan. Dumps water into Manila Bay via Marilao River.	200px
Muzon River	Drains water from Malabon and Bulacan. Dumps water to Manila Bay via the entrance of Marilao River in Bulacan.
Navotas River	Major channel. Drains water from Navotas, Caloocan and Manila. Intersects with Tullahan River at the middle. Dumps water directly to Manila Bay (southern end) and to Tangos River (northern end).	200px
Parañaque River	Major channel. Drains Parañaque, Pasay and Manila areas. Dumps water directly into Manila Bay.
Pasig River	Major channel. Drains water from Laguna de Bay and Marikina River, and also Makati, Mandaluyong, Manila, Quezon City and San Juan (including San Juan River). Dumps water directly to Manila Bay.	200px
Pasong Diablo River	Drains water from Alabang, Muntinlupa. Dumps water into Laguna de Bay.
Pateros River	Major channel. Drains water from Pateros and Makati area (Guadalupe and Bonifacio Global City). Dumps most of its water into Laguna de Bay via Laguna River at its southeastern tip. Dumps some of its water into Pasig River in Guadalupe.
Poblacion River	Drains water from Muntinlupa (Poblacion). Dumps water into Laguna de Bay.
Polo River	Drains water from Malabon, Valenzuela and Bulacan. Dumps water directly to Manila Bay.	200px
San Juan River	Major channel. Drains water from Quezon City (including Tandang Sora and as far as Sauyo and Fairview), San Juan and Manila. Dumps water into Pasig River.
Sapang Baho River	Its headwaters are in the Sierra Madre in Antipolo crossing the northern portion of Marikina and nearby municipalities in Rizal before emptying into the Laguna de Bay.
Sucat River	Major channel. Drains water from Parañaque and Muntinlupa. Dumps water into Laguna de Bay.
Taguig River
Tangos River	Drains water from Navotas. Dumps water directly to Manila Bay.
Tanza River	Drains water from Navotas. Connects with Dampalit River. Dumps water to Tangos River.	200px
Tullahan River	Major channel. Drains water from La Mesa Dam, as well as the northern part of Quezon City, Valenzuela, Novaliches, Malabon and Navotas. Mouth is at Navotas.	200px
Tunasan River	Drains water from Muntinlupa. Dumps water into Laguna de Bay.	200px
Zapote River	Major channel. Drains water from Las Piñas and parts of Bacoor, Cavite. Dumps water into Manila Bay directly.	200px

See also

• Manggahan Floodway