The Danube Delta is the second largest river delta in Europe after the Volga Delta, and the best preserved on the continent, spreading across roughly 4,150 square kilometers of marsh, reed bed and open water where the Danube meets the Black Sea. Geologist Liviu Giosan's research found that roughly 40 percent of the delta was built in just the last thousand years, a rate of growth linked to soil erosion from forest clearing further upstream. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Danube Delta is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent.
- Biogeographic realm: palearctic (derived from location stated in entity description)
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Fauna of this region include the meadow viper (Vipera ursinii), osprey (Pandion haliaetus), and Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo).
Hosts: English Oak, Article text
the levees of Letea and Caraorman, mixed forests of oaks (Quercus robur, and Quercus pedunculiflora) with various other trees (Fraxinus pallisiae, Ulmus foliaceae, Populus tremula), shrubs (Prunus spinosa, Crataegus monogyna, Rosa canina, and Berberis vulgaris, among others), and vines (Vitis sylvestris, Hedera helix, Humulus
Hosts: Muskrat, Article text
The East Asian raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), bizam/introduced muskrat (Ondatra zibethica), and to some extent South American nutria (Myocastor coypus), are recent species that have successfully adapted.
Hosts: Greylag Goose, Article text
most important are the tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), red-crested pochard (Netta rufina), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), greylag goose (Anser anser), pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), great white egret (Egretta alba), little egret (Egretta garzetta), Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), great
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most important are the tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), red-crested pochard (Netta rufina), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), greylag goose (Anser anser), pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), great white egret (Egretta alba), little egret (Egretta garzetta), Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), great
Hosts: European Hare, Article text
Among the mammals, there is the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), European mink (Mustela lutreola), little ermine (Mustela erminea aestiva), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and wild cat (Felis silvestris), in winter the European hare (Lepus europaeus) and, on the brink of disappearing from the delta, the wolf and the fox.
Hosts: European Perch, Article text
Of the fish, the most important are Tench (Tinca tinca), common bream (Abramis brama), common rudd (Scardinius erythropthalmus), Prussian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio), wels catfish (Silurus glanis), European perch (Perca fluviatilis), and northern pike (Esox lucius).
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the combined territory is listed as a World Heritage Site
Dalmatian Pelican (Wikipedia)
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Another significant population persists in the Danube Delta, with approximately 450 pairs recorded there.
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European mink (Wikipedia)
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The current range includes an isolated population in northern Spain and western France, which is widely disjunct from the main range in Eastern Europe (Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, central regions of European Russia, the Danube Delta in Romania and northwestern Bulgaria).
White-tailed eagle (Wikipedia)
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In different studies of the Danube Delta of Romania, from 44.6% to 79% of the diet comprised fish, led by the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio).
Long-eared owl (Wikipedia)
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Birds were the main foods for wintering long-eared owls in Romania's Danube Delta, with birds making up 59.5% of total prey by number and 51.6% by biomass of 948 prey items against 40.7% by number and 48.4% by biomass for mammals.
Phragmites australis (Wikipedia)
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Phragmites australis commonly forms extensive stands (known as reed beds), which can cover huge areas, exceptionally in the Danube Delta reaching 1,700 square kilometres (170,000 ha) in area.
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