Danube Delta

Romania / Tulcea / Crisan /
 river delta, nature conservation park / area, Ramsar site, UNESCO World Heritage Site
www.indeltadunarii.ro/

The Danube Delta lies mostly in Tulcea County of Romania, while a small northeastern tip is in the Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. It is the second largest (after the Volga Delta) of European deltas, with an area of 3446 km².

In 1991, the Romanian part of the Danube Delta became part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Around 2,733 km² of the delta are strictly protected areas.

It hosts over 1,200 varieties of plants, 300 species of birds as well as 45 freshwater fish species in its numerous lakes and marshes.

This is the place where millions of birds from different places of Earth (European, Asian, African, Mediteraneean) come to rest and eat during the migration seasons. Many others hatch here.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Dunarii
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Coordinates:   45°5'37"N   29°15'45"E