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Interesting
• The only delta in the world declared reservation of the biosphere in 1990;
• 2,5 % of Romania’s area( 22Place in the world’s deltas and place 3 in Europe, before Volga and Kuban); • One of the biggest wet zone in the world- as habitat for water birds; • The largest area of reed beds on planet; • A “living museum” of biodiversity, 30 types of ecosystems.
Channels in Danube Delta
Winter in Danube Delta
Placement
• Danube, springing from Germany, gathering tributaries from 10 countries and crossing 4 capitals (Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrad), after a route of 2860 Km, formed at the mouth in Black Sea a delta.
• Raporting to Romania, Danube Delta is situated in SE of the country, having the form of the greek letter "A" (delta).
Population
• The population of Delta is grouped in 15 rural localities and 2 cities: Tulcea and Sulina.
Lighthouse in Sulina Winter in Tulcea
Traditional ocupations
Boat-conveyance in Danube Delta Fishery
At fishing Construction of pots
Flora and fauna
5 380 species, from which – 1 839 species of flora
• Planktonic algae (678 species)
• lichens (107 species)
• Vasular plants (1016 species)
– 3 541 species of fauna • molluscs (91 species)
• insects (2 244 species)
• fish (86 species)
• amphibiens (10 species)
• reptiles (11 species)
• birds (331 species)
• mammals (42 species)
Vegetation
70% of Danube Delta is dominated by reed and cattail.
Floating plants and leaves: white water lily, yellow water lily, frogbit, water thistles.
Riparian plants: reed and cattail, water fern, sorrel, frog mint, water hemlock.
Land plants: white willow, poplar, alder, ash.
White lily Yellow water lily
Iris pond
Reed
At the shore of the water grows: willow,
cattail,water mace,reed,arrowhead, scissor
pond etc.
Fauna
• Danube Delta is a real paradise for fauna. Here lives 98% of aquatic european fauna.
• Birds are the those who created Danube Delta fame, known, since the beginning of the century as an avian paradise. This reputation is due to the 327 species of delta that represents 81% of Romania avifauna. From these, 218 species remain there and the rest of 109 species just staying diferent periods of time.
In sand there are: snakes(sand-
snake,steppe-small-viper),turtle,green
lizard,yellow lizard
Turle Frog
Deers on dunnes from Letea Lizzard
In Danube delta there are 150 species of fish (carp, catfish, perch, luce, sucker fish, mackerel, starlet)
Other animals in delta are: cancers, leeches, frogs, water snakes, shells.
LUCE CATFISH
CARP CRUCIAN
SCARDINIUS ACIPENSER
Gopher
White stork
Water Chira
White Wagtail
Pelicans
Swallow
Fallow
Night Heron Cormorant
Roller Small Egret
Swans
Red Heron
Duck
Ash Heron
Seagulls
Avosetta
Seagul Coot
Chaffinch hive Woodpecker
In forests there are: bunny, fox, wolf, wild-
cat,boar.
In the reeds there are: mink, otter, coypus,
raccoon
We wait you in Danube Delta!
