Danube Day Romania

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The Danube River is an important waterway internationalriver, flowing through 10 countries(Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia,Germany, Hungary, Republic of Moldavia,and Serbia)and ithas tributaries in other seven countries.

It also crosses 4 capitals:Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and

Belgrade.


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The Danube riveris the second longest river ofEuropeafterVolga, being also the onlyEuropean river that flows from West to East.

It has its sources in theBlack Forest Mountains,in Germany,under the form of two small rivers calledBrigahandBreg,

that spring out under theKandel Peak(1241 m).

These two small rivers join themselves in the town ofDonaueschingen(678 altitude)in the courtyard of Furstenberg Castle.

TheDanuveflows through South -East , for a distance of aproximatly 2.860 km,until it reaches theBlack Sea. TheDanube Deltais formed at this encountering.


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In Germany, the Danubehas: on the right shore 678,6 km, on the left shore 687,0km, and it passes throgh its capital, Berlin.


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In Austria, the Danubehas : 357,5 km on the right bank, 321,5 kmon the left bank, and it crosses its capital,Vienna.


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In Slovakia, the Danubehas : 22,5 km on the right shore, 172,1 kmOn the left one, and it crosses its capital,Bratislava.


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In Hungary,the river has: on the right bank 471,2 km and on the leftone 275,2 km. It passes through its capital,Budapest.


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In Serbia, the Danubehas : on the right shore 449,9 km, on the leftshore 358,0 km, and it crosses its capital Belgrade.


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In Bulgaria the Danubeflows on the right shore for a distance of 471,6 km.


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In Romania, the Danubehas on the right bank 354,1 km, and on theleft one 1050 km.


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In theRepublic of Moldaviais has on the left shore 0,6 km.


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In Ukraineit has on the left shore 79,6 km.


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The Iron Gatesis the name of a gorge that forms part of the boundary betweenSerbia

andRomania. In its wide part in comprises 134 km of the river,and in the narrow part justthe hydroelectric power dam near theRomaniantownOrsova.

In the Eastern part ofThe Iron Gatesone can find theTrajan Bridge,the oldest bridge on theDanube, constructed during theRoman Empire.

The gorge separatesRomaniaat North andSerbiaatSouth.

TheDanubeseparates at this point theCarpathian Mountainsfrom theBalkans.


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The modern Danube Delta began forming after 4,000 B.C.

in a gulf ofthe Black Sea, when the sea rose to its present level.

A sandy barrier blocked the Danube gulf where the river initially built its delta. Upon filling

the gulf with sediments, the delta advanced outside the estuary, buiding several successive

lobes (Sulina, Kilia, St. George).

The Danube Delta is a low alluvial plain, mostly covered by wetlands and water.It consists of an intricate pattern of marshes, channels, streamlets and lakes.

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The Danube Delta(3446 km), laying in its larger part in the region ofDobruja, Romania, and partially in Ukraine, is the largest and best preserved

European deltas.


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The Danube Deltais limited at South-West by the Dobruja Hills, at North it forms theBorder with Ukraine, and at East it flows in the Black Sea.The Delta is crossed by the parallel 45North latitude and by the meridian 29East

Latitude. It comprises together with the lagoon area Razim-Sinoe 5050km2, out ofwhich 732km2 belong to Ukraine. The Romanian Delta has an area of 2540km2.

The 67 million tones of alluvium brought by the Danube River increase the surface of the

Delta with aproximately 40m2 per year.

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The Danube Riverempties into the Black Sea in Romania, forming thus theDanube Delta. It is one of the most beautiful deltas in Europeand also

a natural biosphere reserve.

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Gura Portiteiis a small fishing village situated somewhere between The Danubeand the Black Sea, and it has become what Vama Veche resort once was : anisolated place, where people go in search for calm and relaxation. The tourists

have to take a passenger ship or a motorboat to reach this destination full of naturalsavage charm.

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