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The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării, pronounced [ˈdelta ˈdunərij] ⓘ; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю, romanized: Del'ta Dunaju, pronounced [delʲˈtɑ dʊnɐˈju]) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. [2]
Danube Delta full map with its distributaries identified. The Sulina branch is a distributary of the river Danube that contributes to forming the Danube Delta.. The other two main branches of the Danube are the Chilia branch to the north and the Sfântu Gheorghe branch to the south. [1]
Danube Delta full map with its distributaries identified. The Chilia branch (Romanian: Brațul Chilia; Ukrainian: Кілійське гирло, romanized: Kiliiske hyrlo) is one of three main distributary channels of the river Danube that contribute to forming the Danube Delta.
The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării pronounced [ˈdelta ˈdunərij]; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю, romanized: Del'ta Dunayu) is the largest river delta in the European Union. The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania (Tulcea county), while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine ...
Map of most important tributaries of the Danube. This is a list of tributaries of the Danube by order of entrance.. The Danube is Europe's second-longest river.It starts in the Black Forest in Germany as two smaller rivers—the Brigach and the Breg—which join at Donaueschingen, and it is from here that it is known as the Danube, flowing generally eastwards for a distance of some 2,850 km ...
It is located between the Sulina and Chilia branches of Danube in the Danube Delta. It covers an area of approximately 2,825 ha or 6,980 acres or 28.25 km 2 . This forest was the initial foundation of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, which has been declared a World Heritage Site .
The Danube Delta has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991. The European Union has repeatedly asked Ukraine to halt the project, as have Romania and the United States. The Worldwide Fund for Nature has said the canal threatens the delta's most important wetland, where 70 percent of the world's white pelicans and 50 percent of pygmy ...
The Sfântu Gheorghe branch (Romanian: Brațul Sfântu Gheorghe; Ukrainian: Георгіївське гирло) is a distributary of the river Danube, that contributes in forming the Danube Delta. This is the southernmost branch of the Danube; the other two main branches are the Chilia branch and the Sulina branch. The Sfântu Gheorghe branch ...