Danube Delta
From World travel guide
The Danube Delta (Delta Dunarii), is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is located in the far eastern corner of Romania, at the border with the Ukraine The area is world famous for its saline-marine ecosystems.
The largest town, at the entrance of the delta is Tulcea. In Tulcea, at the river, is a visiting centre for the Delta. From there Tulcea are ferry services into the delta. Sulina and Sfântu Gheorghe are smaller towns, lying at the end of the Danube, at the Black Sea-coast.
The waters of the Danube, which flow into the Black Sea, form the largest and best preserved of Europe's deltas - The Danube Delta (Delta Dunarii).
The Danube Delta is home to more than 300 migratory and permanent bird species; 160 kinds of fish that include caviar-bearing sturgeon and 800 plant families. This wetlands preserve covers more than 1,678,000 acres (2,622 sq. miles) comprising channels and canals widening into tree-fringed lakes, reed islands, numerous lakes and marshes, oak forests intertwined with lianas and creepers, desert dunes and traditional fishermen villages.
The Danube Delta lies on the coast of the Black Sea in the eastern part of Romania, in Tulcea County, and encompasses the area between the branch rivers Chilia, Sulina and Sfintu Gheorghe, the former creating the boundary between Romania and the Ukraine. The site also includes the Razelm-Sinoie complex of lakes Razelm, Sinoie, Zmeica and Golovita to the immediate south of the delta.
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