The Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park ( ro, Parcul Național Domogled-Valea Cernei) is a protected area ( national park category II IUCN) situated in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, on the administrative territory of counties Caraș-Severin,

Gorj Gorj County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gor(no)-'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”). Demographics In 2011, the county had a ...

, and Mehedinți.

Location

The National Park stretches across over the Cerna Mountains and the

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on the right side, and over the Vâlcan Mountains and the

Mehedinți Mountains The Mehedinți Mountains ( ro, Munții Mehedinți) are a mountain range in southwestern Romania, part of the Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group. The range represents the highest relief form in Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county ( ...

on the left side. It is located in the Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group, a group of mountains in the

Southern Carpathians The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ro, Carpații Meridionali ; hu, Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the Pr ...

, in the Cerna River basin.

Description

Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park, with an area of , was declared protected area by ''Law Number 5 of March 6, 2000'' (published in ''Romanian Official Paper'' Number 152 of April 12, 2000) and represents a mountainous area (

cirques A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform ...

, mountain peaks,

sinkhole A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are locally also known as ''vrtače'' and shakeholes, and to openi ...

s, limestone pavements, caves, pit caves,

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in severa ...

s), that shelters a large variety of

flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' ...

and

fauna Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as ''Biota (ecology ...

, some of the species being very rare or even endemics.

Nature reserve

Protected areas included in the park: * In Caraș-Severin County **''Coronini-Bedina'' (3,864.80 ha) **''Domogled'' (2,382.80 ha) **''Iardașița'' (501.60 ha) **''Iauna - Craiova'' (1,545.10 ha) **''Bârzoni Cave'' (0.10 ha) * In Gorj County **''Piatra Cloșanilor'' (1,730 ha) **''Cheile Corcoaiei'' (34 ha) **''Ciucevele Cernei'' (1,166 ha) * In Mehedinți Countyapmmh.anpm.ro - Agenția pentru Protecția Mediului Mehedinți
retrieved on June, 07, 2012 **''Vârful lui Stan'' (120 ha) **''Valea Țesna'' (160 ha). File:Baile Herculane .- Parc National vallée de la Cerna-Domogled..jpg, Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park File:Baile Herculane .- Parc National vallée de la Cerna-Domogled (2).jpg, Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park File:B.Herculane mai 2007.jpg,

Băile Herculane Băile Herculane ( la, Aqua Herculis; german: Herkulesbad; hu, Herkulesfürdő; cz, Herkulovy Lázně, tr, Lazarethane) is a spa town in Romanian Banat, in Caraș-Severin County, situated in the valley of the Cerna River, between the Mehedin� ...

File:Godeanu, nižší část.jpg, Godeanu mountains

References

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Location

Description

Nature reserve

See also

References