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UNESCO World Heritage Site

Danube Delta

( Delta Dunării )

 Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List

Location Romania, Ukraine

Type  Natural

Criteria vii, x

Reerence 588

UNES! region Euro"e and North #merica

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Where the Danube Meets the Black Sea (NASA Goddard imae!"

#he Danube Delta ($omanian% Delta Dunării  pronounced & delta dun'ri)ˈ ˈ  ( listen!* +krainian% -./012314,Del'ta Dunaju! is the second larest ri5er delta in 6urope, after 7ola Delta, and is the

best preser5ed on the continent"&8)

 #he reater part of the Danube Delta lies in $omania (#ulcea9ounty!, :hile its northern part, on the left bank of the 9hilia arm, is situated in +kraine (;dessa;blast!" #he appro<imate surface area is =,8>? km? (8,@ sC mi!, and of that,,==@ km? (8,8 sC mi! are in $omania" With the laoons of $aimESinoe (8,8> km? (? sC mi!:ith @> km? (= sC mi! :ater surface!, located south of the main delta, the total area of theDanube Delta reaches >,8@> km? (8,= sC mi!" #he $aelm E Sinoe laoon comple< iseoloically and ecoloically related to the delta proper and their combined territory is part ofthe World Heritae Sites"

Danube Delta near  #ulcea (?8!

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8 Georaphy and eoloy

o 8"8 Distributaries of the Danube

o 8"? 9limate

o 8" Main ecosystems

8""8 6cosystems of runnin :ater 

8""? 6cosystem of stanant :ater 

8"" 6cosystems of marshy and floodin areas

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8""= $i5er banks and le5ees ecosystems

• ? Inhabitants

• History

• = 6n5ironment and issues

• > See also

• @ $eferences

• J 6<ternal links

Geography and geology &edit)

#he modern Danube Delta bean to form after = B96 in a bay of the Black Sea, :hen the

sea rose to its present le5el" A sandy barrier blocked the Danube bay :here the ri5er initially builtits delta" +pon fillin the bay :ith sediments, the delta ad5anced outside this barrierEblockedestuary after > B96, buildin se5