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Map of the Danube and the major cities it passes through. This is a list of the cities and towns located on Danube river. This list does not include parts of cities, suburbs, neighbourhoods, etc. Any city or town which is located on the bank of Danube river can be included in this list. The cities and towns on Danube river could be sorted by ...
Tourism is an important activity in the county, the Danube Delta being one of the most visited areas in Romania. The main destinations for tourists are: The Danube Delta. The town of Sulina—the last town on the Danube. The areas around Sfântu Gheorghe, Mahmudia, Crișan, Caraorman, Chilia Veche. The city of Tulcea. The Roman fort of Halmyris.
With the lagoons of Razim–Sinoe (1,015 km 2 or 392 sq mi with 865 km 2 or 334 sq mi water surface), located south of the main delta, the total area of the Danube Delta is 5,165 km 2 (1,994 sq mi). The Razim–Sinoe lagoon complex is geologically and ecologically related to the delta proper; the combined territory is listed as a World Heritage ...
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 ...
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. Lying at the northernmost area of the delta, the distributary creates a natural border between Romania and Ukraine (see ...
The 580,000-hectare Danube Delta is home to massive amounts of water birds, most notably pelicans of two species, herons, storks, cormorants, and terns.It is a favourite staging area for passage migrants and wintering grounds for masses of migrating water birds from the steppes, the boreal forests, and the tundras further north.
Protected archaeological and natural areas in Romanian Dobruja. Map of Romania and Bulgaria with Northern Dobruja highlighted in orange and Southern Dobruja highlighted in yellow. Around 600 BC, the Greeks colonized the Black Sea shore and founded numerous fortresses: Tomis (today's Constanța), Callatis, Histria, Argamum, Heracleea, Aegysus.
The park management office is in the town of Donji Milanovac on the Danube. Across the river is the Parcul Natural Porțile de Fier in Romania. In July 2020 the wider area of the national park was designated as the UNESCO global geopark , as the first protected area from Serbia labeled that way.