Iron Gate natural park
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The Iron Gates Natural Park is a 115655 hectares (285,789.5 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 Caraş-Severin and Mehedinţi. Across the river is the Đerdap national park in Serbia
. Parcul Natural Porţile de Fier is the largest natural park in Romania, stretching from Socol in the west, to Drobeta Turnu-Severin in the east.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It includes the Romanian part of the Iron Gate
Iron Gate (Danube)
The Iron Gates The gorge lies between Romania in the north and Serbia in the south. At this point, the river separates the southern Carpathian Mountains from the northwestern foothills of the Balkan Mountains. The Romanian, Hungarian, Slovakian, Turkish, German and Bulgarian names literally mean...
of the Danube River, and stretches along the left bank of the river in the counties of Caraş-Severin and Mehedinţi. Across the river is the Đerdap national park in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. Parcul Natural Porţile de Fier is the largest natural park in Romania, stretching from Socol in the west, to Drobeta Turnu-Severin in the east.