National parks, nature parks and biosphere reserves in Romania

Buila-Vânturărița Călimani Ceahlau Cheile Bicazului-Hăşmaş Cheile Nerei-Beușnița Cozia Defileul Jiului Domogled- Valea Cernei Măcin Mountains Rodna / Pietrosul Mare Piatra Craiului Retezat Semenic-Cheile Carașului Danube Delta

There are currently 13 national parks , three biosphere reserves and 14 nature parks in Romania .

National parks

The 13 Romanian national parks (with Rodna / Pietrosul Mare and Retezat, some of which are also biosphere reserves) cover a total area of ​​around 3,157 km ² .

Except for the national park in the Măcin Mountains , all are in the Carpathian Arc .

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	circle	map	view
Buila-Vânturărița	2005	4,186	Vâlcea
Călimani	1971	24,041	Bistrița-Năsăud , Harghita , Mureș , Suceava
Ceahlau	1971	8,396	Neamț
Cheile Bicazului-Hăşmaş	1990	6,575	Harghita , Neamț
Cheile Nerei-Beușnița	1982	37,100	Caraș-Severin
Cozia	1966	17,100	Vâlcea
Defileul Jiului	2005	11,148	Gorj
Domogled-Valea Cernei	1982	60,100	Caraș-Severin
Măcin Mountains	1998	11,140	Tulcea
Rodna	1990	46,399	Bistrița-Năsăud , Maramureș , Suceava
Piatra Craiului	1990	14,800	Argeș , Brașov
Retezat	1935	38,047	Hunedoara
Semenic-Cheile Carașului	1982	36,665	Caraș-Severin
Total:		315,697

Biosphere reserves

There are three biosphere reserves in Romania with a total area of ​​5,846 km ² . The Danube Delta, which is considered to be Europe's largest wetland, takes up most of it.

Surname	founding	Size [km²]	Circles	map	view
Danube Delta	1991	5,762	Tulcea , Constanța
Retezat	1979	38	Hunedoara
Pietrosul Mare	1980	46	Maramureș

Nature parks

There are also 14 nature parks with a total area of ​​7282.72 km ² in Romania:

Surname	Area (km²)	circle	map	image
Maramureș Mountains	1488.50	Maramureș County
Iron gate	1156.55	Caraș-Severin County , Mehedinți County
Platoul Mehedinți	1060	Mehedinți County
Țara Hațegului	1023.92	Caraș-Severin County , Mehedinți County
Apuseni Nature Park	757.84	Alba county , Bihor county , Cluj county
Putna-Vrancea	382	Vrancea County
Bucegi	326.63	Argeș County , Brașov County , Dâmbovița County , Prahova County
Vânători-Neamț	308.18	Neamț district
Balta Mică a Brăilei	175.29	Brăila County
Grădiștea Muncelului-Cioclovina	100.00	Hunedoara County
Comana	249.63	Giurgiu County
Defileul Mureșului Superior	9,156.00	Mureș County
Lunca Joasă a Prutului Inferior	82.47	Galați district
Lunca Mureșului	174.55	Arad County , Timiș County

See also

• List of nature reserves in Romania

Web links

• Parks, Reserves and other Protected Areas in Romania

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Buila-Vânturăriţa National Park (English)
2. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Călimani National Park (English)
3. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Ceahlău National Park (English)
4. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - National Park Cheile Bicazului-Hăşmaş (English)
5. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Cheile Nerei-Beuşniţa National Park (English)
6. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Cozia National Park (English)
7. ↑ Defileul Jiului National Park
8. ↑ www.carpathianparks.org
9. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park (English)
10. ↑ Official website of the National Park Muntii Măcinului
11. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Rodna Mountains National Park (English)
12. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Piatra Craiului National Park (English)
13. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Retezat National Park (English)
14. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Semenic-Cheile Caraşului National Park (English)
15. ↑ Maramureș Mountains Nature Park
16. ↑ Platoul Mehedinți Geopark
17. ↑ ara Hațegului Geopark
18. ↑ Bucegi Natural Park
19. ↑ Vânători-Neamț Nature Park ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ Balta Mică a Brăilei Nature Park
21. ↑ Grădiştea Muncelului-Cioclovina Nature Park
22. ↑ Defileul Mureșului Superior Nature Park
23. ↑ Lunca Joasă a Prutului Inferior Nature Park