Berca mud volcanoes
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Berca Mud Volcanoes Nature Reserve
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 Mud volcano in Berca |
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| location | Buzau , Romania | |
| WDPA ID | 183827 | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 22 ' N , 26 ° 43' E | |
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The Berca Mud Volcanoes (Romanian: Vulcanii noroioși ) are a geological and botanical reserve in the Romanian municipality of Berca in Buzau County . In 1924 the area with a size of 30 km² was declared a nature reserve.
description
The main attraction of the reserve are mud volcanoes that are a few meters high. It's cold volcanism . The volcanoes are created by gases that rise from a depth of around 3,000 m through clay and water-containing layers. The mud dries on the surface of the earth and forms structures that resemble a volcano .
Since the mud is salty and sulphurous, the result is an environment hostile to vegetation, in which, however, some rare salt-resistant plant species have settled.
See also
Web links
Commons : Berca Mud Volcanoes - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Romanian Tourist Office in Vienna: The Mud Volcanoes ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
