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The Iron Gates of the Danube Location of the Iron Gates. The Iron Gates (Bulgarian: Железни врата; Romanian: Porțile de Fier; Serbian: Ђердапска клисура / Đerdapska klisura or Гвоздена капија / Gvozdena kapija; Hungarian: Vaskapu-szoros) is a gorge on the river Danube.
The Iron Gates Natural Park (Romanian: Parcul Natural Porțile de Fier [3]) is a 115,666-hectare (285,820-acre) natural park located in southwestern Romania.It includes the Romanian part of the Iron Gate of the Danube River, and stretches along the left bank of the river in the counties of Caraș-Severin and Mehedinți.
Iron Gates II Reservoir: Total capacity: 0.6 km 3 (0.14 cu mi) Catchment area: 579,200 km 2 (223,600 sq mi) Surface area: 52 km 2 (20 sq mi) Power Station; Turbines: Romania: 10 × 32 MW Serbia: 10 × 27 MW: Installed capacity: Romania: 321 MW Serbia: 270 MW: Annual generation: Romania: 1.3 TWh Serbia: 1.31 TWh
The Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (Romanian: Porțile de Fier I, Serbian: Ђердап I /Đerdap I) is the largest dam on the Danube river and one of the largest hydro power plants in Europe. It is located on the Iron Gate gorge, between Romania and Serbia.
The Danube is by far Romania's most important river, not only for transportation, but also for the production of hydroelectric power. One of Europe's largest hydroelectric stations is located at the Iron Gates, where the Danube surges through the Carpathian gorges. The Danube is an important water route for domestic shipping, as well as ...
Iron Gates is a gorge on the Danube River, forming part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania; Iron Gate (Diocletian's Palace) Iron-Gate Square (Warsaw) Iron Gate, Virginia, a small town located in Alleghany County, Virginia; Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (Romania, Serbia) Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station (Romania, Serbia ...
The chronology of the Iron Gates Mesolithic is a bit contentious due to discrepancies in use of terminology and dates produced by carbon-dating and isotope analysis. [9] However, based on more modern radiocarbon dates, the Mesolithic period in the Iron Gates region last from approximately 13,000 cal BC to 6,000 cal BC.
Orșova (Romanian pronunciation:; Hungarian: Orsova; German: Orschowa; Serbian: Оршава/Oršava) is a port city on the Danube river in southwestern Romania's Mehedinți County. It is one of four localities in the Banat historical region situated just above the Iron Gates where the Cerna River meets the Danube.