Sulina Branch

The Sulina branch is a

distributary A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributar ...

of the river Danube, that contributes in forming the

Danube Delta The Danube Delta ( ro, Delta Dunării, ; uk, Дельта Дунаю, Deľta Dunaju, ) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Ro ...

. The other two main branches of the Danube are the

Chilia branch The Chilia branch (; ) is one of three main distributary channels of the river Danube that contributes to forming the Danube Delta. Lying at the northernmost area of the delta, the distributary creates a natural border between Romania and Ukra ...

to the north and the Sfântu Gheorghe branch to the south. The Sulina branch runs straight east, starting at Tulcea and reaching the Black Sea at the port of Sulina. Distributaries of the Danube {{Tulcea-geo-stub