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Dobruja Plateau
The Dobruja Plateau or Dobrogea Plateau () is a plateau in eastern Romania located in the Dobruja () region, surrounded to the north and west by the Danube and to the east by the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Its average altitude is around 200–300 metres, higher in the northern part. The highest point is the Țuțuiatu/Greci Peak in the Măcin Mountains, at a height of 467 m. The Casimcea River and Taița River flow through it from west to east. There are several lakes, including some lagoons, the most important being Oltina Lake, Bugeac Lake, Mangalia Lake, Techirghiol Lake, Siutghiol Lake, Lake Tașaul Lake Tașaul () is a lake in Northern Dobruja, Romania. Formerly an open salt water coastal lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier penins ..., and Razim Lake. Subdivisions Its main subdivisions are: * Măcin Mountains * Casimcea Plateau * Tulcea Hills * Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plateau
In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides have deep hills or escarpments. Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers. Plateaus are classified according to their surrounding environment as intermontane, piedmont, or continental. A few plateaus may have a small flat top while others have wider ones. Formation Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, plate tectonics movements, and erosion by water and glaciers. Volcanic Volcanic plateaus are produced by volcanic activity. They may be formed by upwelling of volcanic magma or extrusion of lava. The underlining mechanism in forming p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Techirghiol Lake
Techirghiol is a lake in Northern Dobruja, Romania, located by the towns of Eforie and Techirghiol, near a Ramsar site. It is separated from the Black Sea coast by a narrow strip of land on which the national road (part of European route E87) and the CFR Main Line 800 run, joining the port cities of Constanța and Mangalia. Etymology The name of the lake comes from the Turkish Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ... ''Tekirgöl'', meaning "Tekir's lake". The name also means (in Turkish) "Striped Lake" (tekir - striped, and göl - lake). This is because of the salinity of the lake; when the wind blows, white salt stripes appear on the surface of the lake. Legend of Tekir The legend says that once upon a time a crippled and blind old man named Tekir, riding on the back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oltina Plateau
Oltina is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The commune includes four villages: * Oltina (historical name: ''Goltina'', ), named after the Roman settlement ''Altinum'', whose vestiges were found in the vicinity of the villageOltina Village HallHistory of the Oltina commune, accessed on March 24, 2012 * Răzoarele (historical name: ''Curuorman'', ) * Satu Nou (historical name: ''Ienichioi'', ) * Strunga (historical name: ''Câșla'', ) History Demographics At the 2011 census, 96.3% of the population of Oltina had Romanian ethnicity. 2011 census results, |
Negru Vodă Plateau
The Romanian-language surname Negru literally means "black" and may refer to: * Dan Negru, Romanian TV presenter and host * Natalia Negru, Romanian poet and writer *Nicolae Negru, Moldovan writer and journalist * Stephan Negru, Irish football player of Moldovan descent * Tudor Negru, Moldovan politician * Valentin Negru, Romanian football player Others *Radu Negru, Radu the Black, a mythical early ruler of Wallachia *Râul Negru The Râul Negru (; literally meaning "Black River") is a left tributary of the river Olt in Romania. It joins the Olt in Lunca Câlnicului. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medgidia Plateau
Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: ''Karasu'' or ''Carasu'', ''Mecidiye'' or ''Megidie'') is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. History Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since the Neolithic period. Starting with 46 BC the region was administered by the Roman Empire. A castrum was built in the Carasu Valley, becoming the cradle of the settlement. In 1417, the Turks invaded Dobruja. From the 15th century onwards, the region started to be colonized with a Muslim population. The settlement named "Karasu" (Turkish for "Black Water") was mentioned on the map of Iehuda ben Zara in 1497, in the notes of Paolo Giorgio (1590) and Evliya Çelebi (1653). Modern Medgidia was built by the Ottoman administration on the place of the old Karasu beginning with 1856. It was built as a planned city to accommodate refugees from the Crimean War and to serve as an economic hub for the central zone of Dobruja. The town was named in hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulcea Hills
Tulcea (; also known by alternative names) is a city in Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is the administrative center of Tulcea County, and had a population of 65,624 . One village, Tudor Vladimirescu, is administered by the city. It is one of six Romanian county seats lying on the river Danube. Names The city is known in Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian as Тулча, romanized: ''Tulcha''; in Greek as Αιγισσός, romanized: ''Aigissós''; in Hungarian as ''Tulcsa''; and in Turkish as ''Tulça''. History Iron Age Tulcea was founded in the 7th century BC under the name of ''Aegyssus'', mentioned by Procopius. Ovid recorded a local tradition that ascribed its name to a mythical founder, Aegisos the Caspian. Roman period Aegyssus was built on a high hill, a strategic location for guarding the Danube particularly under the Romans. The amphorae discovered from 1st century BC to 1st century AD suggest the town was an important trading centre of the period. After the Geti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casimcea Plateau
Casimcea is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Casimcea, Cișmeaua Nouă (historical name: ''Ramazanchioi''), Corugea, Haidar, Rahman, and Războieni (historical name: ''Alifacâ''). The commune also included the village of Stânca (historical name: ''Mahomencea''), located at , which is currently deserted. The name of the commune is of Turkish origin, being derived from the word ''Kasım'', itself from the Arabic ''Qasim'', "one who distributes". The suffix "cea" is a Romanianization of the Turkish ''-ça''.Laura-Diana Cizer, ''Toponimia județului Tulcea'', p.142. Editura Lumen, 2012, . The commune is located in the southern part of the county, from the county seat, Tulcea, on the border with Constanța County. The river Casimcea has its source in Războieni village, at an altitude of , and flows southeast through Casimcea village, discharging in Lake Tașaul, close to the Black Sea coast. The river Topolog flows through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razim Lake
Lake Razelm or Lake Razim (, ''Limanul Razelm'') is the name of a large freshwater lagoon on the shores of the Black Sea in Romania, south of the Danube Delta and part of its World Heritage Site. It is the largest liman in Romania. The name is also sometimes applied to the complex it forms with several other limans and lagoons. This complex can be separated into two subgroups. The northern subgroup contains freshwater Razelm and Lake Golovița, which are connected by a channel wide, whereas the southern group is made up of salt lakes. All these lakes cover an area of about , of which is the area of Lake Razelm alone. Ecology When the Razelm/Golovița system was closed off from the sea in the late 1970s, this resulted in several changes to the ecological conditions of the system, including a decrease in salinity to almost zero, an increase in refreshment time to over a year, and episodes of eutrophication. Despite this environmental degradation, the system remains an important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Tașaul
Lake Tașaul () is a lake in Northern Dobruja, Romania. Formerly an open salt water coastal lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') an ..., connected with the Black Sea, it was transformed into a freshwater lake in the 1920s. Its area is and its maximum depth is . References Lakes of Constanța County Important Bird Areas of Romania {{Constanța-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siutghiol Lake
Siutghiol () is a lagoon on the shores of the Black Sea, in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It has a length of and a width of ; it extends over and has a maximum depth of . Ovidiu Island is a small island on the west side of the lake, from the town of Ovidiu. On the east side of the lake is the resort town of Mamaia Mamaia () is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea shore and a district of Constanța. Considered to be Romania's most popular resort, Mamaia is situated immediately north-east of Constanța's city center. It has almost no full-time residents, being ..., which lies on a strip of land in length and only in width, between the Black Sea and Lake Siutghiol. Etymology The name of the lake comes from the Turkish ''Sütgöl'', meaning "the milk lake". References Lakes of Constanța County Saline lakes of Europe Lagoons of Romania Important Bird Areas of Romania {{Constanţa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangalia Lake
Mangalia (, ), ancient Callatis (; other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. The municipality of Mangalia also administers several summertime seaside resorts: Cap Aurora, Jupiter, Neptun, Olimp, Saturn, and Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is often called Earth's "twin" or "sister" planet for having almost the same size and mass, and the closest orbit to Earth's. While both are rocky planets, Venus has an atmosphere much thicker .... History The Greece, Greek colony of Callatis was founded in the 6th century BC by the city of Heraclea Pontica. Like the other Greek cities on the coast nearby, it became a Greek city-state with its own ''chora'' (territory) which included the fortified settlement of Albesti 15km distant. Its first silver coinage was minted around 350 BC. The Macedonians (Greeks), Macedonians invad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobruja
Dobruja or Dobrudja (; or ''Dobrudža''; , or ; ; Dobrujan Tatar: ''Tomrîğa''; Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and ) is a Geography, geographical and historical region in Southeastern Europe that has been divided since the 19th century between the territories of Bulgaria and Romania. It is situated between the lower Danube, Danube River and the Black Sea, and includes the Danube Delta, the Romanian coast, and the northernmost part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, Bulgarian coast. The territory of Dobruja is made up of Northern Dobruja, which is a part of Romania, and Southern Dobruja, which is a part of Bulgaria. The territory of the Romanian region Dobrogea is organised as the counties of Constanța County, Constanța and Tulcea County, Tulcea, with a combined area of and, , a population of slightly less than 850,000. Its main cities are Constanța, Tulcea, Medgidia, and Mangalia. Dobrogea is represented by dolphins in the coat of arms of Romania. The Bulgarian region Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
