Parks in Romania

Description:

About 5.18% of the area of Romania has a protected status (12,360 km²), including the Danube Delta, which makes half of these areas (2.43% of Romania's area).

There are 14 national parks totaling 3158.6 km2:

Name                                                    Area (km²)                          Counties

Domogled-Valea Cernei                         601.00                                   Caraş-Severin, Mehedinţi, Gorj

Rodna                                                   463.99                   Bistriţa-Năsăud, Maramureş, Suceava

Retezat                                                 380.47                                   Hunedoara

Cheile Nerei-Beuşniţa                            371.00                                   Caraş-Severin

Semenic-Cheile Caraşului                      366.64                                   Caraş Severin

Călimani                                                 240.41                   Bistriţa-Năsăud, Harghita, Mureş, Suceava

Cozia                                                     171.00                                   Vâlcea

Piatra Craiului                                        148.00                                   Argeş, Braşov

Munţii Măcinului                                     113.21                                   Tulcea

Defileul Jiului                                         111.27                                   Gorj, Hunedoara

Ceahlău                                                 83.96                                     Neamţ

Cheile Bicazului-Hăşmaş                        65.75                                     Harghita, Neamţ

Buila-Vânturăriţa                                   41.86                                     Valcea

Natural Parks

There are 13 natural parks totaling 7282.72 km2:

Name                                                      Area (km²)                          Counties

Muntii Maramureşului                             1488.50                                 Maramureş

Porţile de Fier                                        1156.55                                 Caraş-Severin, Mehedinţi

Mehedinţi Plateau geopark                    1060                                      Mehedinţi

Tara Hategului dinosaur geopark          1023.92                                 Caraş-Severin, Mehedinţi

Munţii Apuseni                                       757.84                                   Alba, Bihor, Cluj

Putna-Vrancea                                       382                                        Vrancea

Bucegi                                                    326.63                                   Argeş, Braşov, Dâmboviţa, Prahova

Vânători Neamţ                                      308.18                                   Neamţ

Balta Mică a Brăilei                                 175.29                                   Brăila

Herastrau Park                                     1100.00                                 Bucuresti

Grădiştea Muncelului-Cioclovina            100.00                                   Hunedoara

Comana                                                  249.63                                  Giurgiu

Scientific reservations

There are 55 such reservations totaling 1112.77 km2.

Natural monuments

There are 234 natural monuments totaling 77.05 km2.

Natural reservations

There are 617 natural reservations totaling 2043.55 km2.