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  2. Danube Delta - Wikipedia

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    However, construction of a dense network of shallow channels in the delta over the same period, a sedimentation enhancing strategy, attenuated the deficit on the delta plain but increased erosion along the coast [8] [9] The Danube Delta is a low alluvial plain, mostly covered by wetlands and water. It consists of an intricate pattern of marshes ...

  3. Danube - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Tulcea Airport - Wikipedia

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    Tulcea Danube Delta Airport (IATA: TCE, ICAO: LRTC) (also known as Cataloi Airport) is located in south-eastern Romania, 16 km (9.9 mi) south [2] of the city of Tulcea, on the Danube bank and close to the Danube Delta. It is Northern Dobruja's second airport after Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport, which serves Constanța.

  5. Bystroye Canal - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of airports in Romania - Wikipedia

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    "Delta Dunarii" Tulcea Airport (Cataloi Airport) TWR 119.755 TWR ALTN 120.300 Military airfields Alexeni: Alexeni Airfield (or Bucharest Alexeni Airport) Not in use Boboc: LRBO Boboc Airfield: TWR 125.400 Câmpia Turzii: LRCT Câmpia Turzii Airfield (Luna Airfield) Deveselu: Deveselu Airfield: Not in use as an airfield Fetești: LRFT

  7. Sacalin Island - Wikipedia

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    Sacalin Island is a newly formed island in the Black Sea, right off the coast of the Romanian Danube Delta, off the Sfântu Gheorghe branch. [1] Initially Sacalin was made up of two smaller islands, Sacalinu Mare [Greater Sacalin] (1400 ha) and Sacalinu Mic [Lesser Sacalin] (90 ha). In time, however, the two merged into one continuous landmass.

  8. Source of the Danube - Wikipedia

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    The Donaubach rises on the castle grounds near the left corner of the front face of the castle Donaueschingen in a karst spring.This karst spring has an embankment of 15 to 70 L/s and enters into the Brigach after flowing 90 meters belowground.

  9. Birds of the Danube Delta - Wikipedia

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    Pelicans in the Danube delta. The species of brooding birds occurring in the Danube Delta were classified into 12 main biotopes, the classification criterion being represented by the nesting place where they show the greatest relative density. As to their dynamics, the brooding birds include: 44 sedentary species and 132 migratory ones.