- The Danube Delta is Europe’s second largest natural wetland, the largest being the Volga Delta.
- It lies mostly in Roumania, and is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the remaining part lying in the Ukraine.
Description
- The wetlands consist of marshes, channels, streams, reeds, floating reed islands and lakes.
- There are 30 different ecosystems supporting a range of flora, fauna, fish and birds.
- There are three main distributaries where water flows away from the main channel.
Bird Migration Route
- The Delta has 320 different species of birds, including Pelicans, ibises, cormorants, egrets, herons and warblers.
- Half the birds are migratory and one million birds spend the winter in the Delta.
- It is on a migration route for birds using the west coast of the Black Sea between northern Europe and western Asia.
Danube Delta