The Danube Delta
The Last Sanctuary of Nature
BIOSPHERE:
The biological diversity of the Danube Delta is quite considerable- more than 3400 species of aquatic animals have been reported, representing 98% of the European aquatic fauna, many of them being endemic ones.
           
The vegetation of the Danube Delta is extremely rich. Estimates show that 1150 species of plants grow here. The following herbaceous plants can be mentioned ...   Among the risches of the flora of the Danube Delta, we can mention one of the oldest natural reservation from Dobrogea, dating back from 1938.We refer to Letea Forest( an impresive virgin forest with century old trees of more than 500 years of age) which covers an area of 182,4 ha ...
The fauna of the Danube Delta is a vast mosaic of species (spread on land, on the aquatic plants, in water and on the floating reed islets), unparalleled on our European continent, having even some world unique specimens ...
..The unique character, the beauty of the places, the natural environment, very little modified and its great flora and fauna riches made it necessary for this complex of ecosystems to be protected ...