World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · ROU
Danube Delta
- Area
- 3 151 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1991
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1991
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 375 distinct species · 126 423 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Danube Delta : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 53 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 50 lakes · 41 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
431,8km
Lake surface here
849,78km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
8
Max drainage
786 750km²
Discharge in basins
2 281,8m³/s
Mean precip.
381mm/an
Mean T°
11,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,52
Max snow
13%
Mean runoff
36mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
15m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Dunărea (Brațul Sfântu Gheorghe)sub-area2 492,2 km²overlap1855.28 km²59%
- Bassin de Кілійське гирло - Brațul Chiliasub-area966,4 km²overlap296.09 km²9%
- Bassin de Canal Aducțiunesub-area631,4 km²overlap264.40 km²8%
- Bassin de Centura Solomon-Holbinasub-area326,7 km²overlap204.89 km²7%
- Bassin de Canalul Lipovenilorsub-area349,2 km²overlap171.58 km²5%
- Bassin de Ciucurovasub-area898,4 km²overlap150.23 km²5%
- Bassin de Canalul Enisalasub-area280,6 km²overlap74.64 km²2%
- Bassin de Canalul Lipovenilorsub-area217,5 km²overlap45.10 km²1%
- Basin #08640sub-area124,2 km²overlap27.66 km²1%
Lakes (50, top by area)
- Razelmarea510,7 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Sinoearea139,3 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lacul Babadagarea18,8 km²avg depth8.5 m
- Lacul Gorgovaarea14,6 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lacul Merheiarea14,6 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lacul Luminaarea13,7 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lacul Roşuarea13,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lacul Isacovarea10,6 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lacul Nuntaşiarea9,9 km²avg depth3.7 m
41 more lakes
- Lacul Fortunaarea9,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lacul Matiţaarea8,4 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lacul Puiuarea8,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lacul Ciorticuarea8,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lacul Leahovaarea7,5 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #70783area5,7 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Balta Obretinarea5,6 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lacul Cablovataarea5,5 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lacul Iacobarea5 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lacul Uzlinaarea4,7 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lacul Cruhliehiarea4,1 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lacul Bogdaprostearea4 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lacul Histriaarea3,8 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lacul Roşuleţarea3,6 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lacul Cosneiarea3,5 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lacul Ceamurliaarea3,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lake #71366area2,9 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lacul Obretinul Micarea2,8 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lacul Ligheancaarea2,8 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lacul Băclăneştii Mariarea2,5 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lake #70976area2,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Japşa Chirilovaarea2,3 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lacul Tătaruarea2,3 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lacul Roşcaarea2,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lacul Serbataarea2,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lacul Lungaarea2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lacul Cuibidaarea2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lacul Isăcelarea1,8 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lacul Potcoavaarea1,8 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lacul Rădăcinos (Covaliova)area1,6 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lacul Durnoliatcaarea1,6 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lake #70703area1,5 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lacul Obretinciucarea1,5 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lacul Răduculeţarea1,4 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lacul Polideancaarea1,3 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lacul Japşa Macuhovaarea1,3 km²avg depth0.6 m
- Lacul Clisciovaarea1,3 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lacul Meşterularea1,3 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lacul Durnoiarea1,3 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lake #71312area1,2 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lacul Păpădiaarea1,2 km²avg depth0.6 m
Rivers / streams (41, ord ≥ 4)
- Dunărea (Brațul Sfântu Gheorghe)ord 3len here85.77 km59%total145 km
- Canalul Lipovenilorord 2len here31.51 km53%total59 km
- Canal Litcovord 2len here27.44 km100%total27 km
- Canalul Crasnicolord 1len here21.91 km100%total22 km
- Canal Ruscaord 1len here20.19 km59%total34 km
- Canal Băclăneștiord 1len here19.21 km100%total19 km
- Dunărea Vecheord 2len here18.89 km100%total19 km
- Canal Magearuord 2len here16.18 km100%total16 km
- Gârla Satuluiord 2len here14.59 km98%total15 km
- Dunărea (Brațul Sulina)ord 3len here14.55 km100%total15 km
- Canalul Enisalaord 4len here13.01 km46%total28 km
- Canalul Cardonord 3len here12.93 km82%total16 km
29 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Canal Stipocord 1len here10.62 km40%total27 km
- Canal Dovnicaord 1len here9.78 km100%total10 km
- Canalul Paladeord 1len here8.90 km100%total9 km
- Brațul Babina (Cernovca)ord 1len here8.87 km41%total22 km
- Canal Tărâțaord 3len here8.83 km90%total10 km
- Canalul Cordon Centură Litoralord 1len here8.63 km89%total10 km
- Canalul Zaton-Buhazord 2len here7.94 km100%total8 km
- Canalul Cordon Centură Litoralord 1len here7.90 km85%total9 km
- Cruhlicord 2len here7.00 km100%total7 km
- Canal Miazăziord 1len here6.83 km100%total7 km
- Canalul Dunavățord 1len here5.74 km79%total7 km
- Canal Puiulețord 2len here5.46 km100%total5 km
- Canal Vătafu-Împuțitaord 2len here5.26 km100%total5 km
- Canal Războinițaord 1len here3.92 km100%total4 km
- Canal Tărâțaord 1len here3.59 km100%total4 km
- canal Centura (Oaia)ord 2len here3.55 km43%total8 km
- Кілійське гирло - Brațul Chiliaord 8len here3.33 km3%total101 km
- Canalul Cardonord 1len here2.82 km86%total3 km
- Canalul Leteaord 2len here2.40 km100%total2 km
- Canal Mustacaord 1len here2.36 km46%total5 km
- Canalul Cordon Centură Litoralord 3len here2.02 km73%total3 km
- Canal Caraormanord 1len here1.88 km100%total2 km
- Canalul Zaton-Buhazord 1len here1.73 km100%total2 km
- Canal Mila 36ord 1len here1.64 km20%total8 km
- Canalul Periboinaord 3len here1.23 km100%total1 km
- Canal Rădăcinoaseleord 2len here1.21 km16%total7 km
- Centura Solomon-Holbinaord 1len here1.18 km61%total2 km
- Hamangiaord 2len here0.97 km8%total12 km
- рукав Іванешть — Brațul Ivăneștiord 8len here≈ tangenttotal35 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 44.88611, 29.43828
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.