Romania, as Black Sea riparian country, has a sea coast of 245 km length. Also,
Romania has 1075 km of river, representing 38% from the total length of Danube,
out of which 236 km are inland waters, the both riversides being on the Romanian
territory. As area, in Romania, the Danube basin occupies 221,670 km
2 , that
represents 28% of the total hydrographical basin (see Fig. 33.2).
The navigation ensuring and the hydrometeorological information systems for
the maritime routes in the Black Sea are some complex and laborious activities,
without those it can no longer conceive today for a safe and fast sea transport. In the
Black Sea, there are few hundreds of light and unlit means for navigation ensuring,
that are under the responsibility of the specialized agencies of the riparian countries.
Also, the Black Sea basin is an integral part of the various global navigation and
hydrometeorological information systems.
After obtaining and recognition of its national independence and now, as
European maritime state – member of the European Union and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization – Romania claimed the recognized role in the geopolitical
space of the Black Sea by the measure of its status, benefiting as well from the
natural advantage of its own waters and the wide opening to the Mediterranean and
Atlantic world horizon through the western basin of the Black Sea.
Fig. 33.2 Black Sea hydrographical basin (After Nicolaev and Bologa, GEO-ECO-MARINA
11/2015 Review)
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Romania has 1075 km of river, representing 38% from the total length of Danube,
out of which 236 km are inland waters, the both riversides being on the Romanian
territory. As area, in Romania, the Danube basin occupies 221,670 km
2 , that
represents 28% of the total hydrographical basin (see Fig. 33.2).
The navigation ensuring and the hydrometeorological information systems for
the maritime routes in the Black Sea are some complex and laborious activities,
without those it can no longer conceive today for a safe and fast sea transport. In the
Black Sea, there are few hundreds of light and unlit means for navigation ensuring,
that are under the responsibility of the specialized agencies of the riparian countries.
Also, the Black Sea basin is an integral part of the various global navigation and
hydrometeorological information systems.
After obtaining and recognition of its national independence and now, as
European maritime state – member of the European Union and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization – Romania claimed the recognized role in the geopolitical
space of the Black Sea by the measure of its status, benefiting as well from the
natural advantage of its own waters and the wide opening to the Mediterranean and
Atlantic world horizon through the western basin of the Black Sea.
Fig. 33.2 Black Sea hydrographical basin (After Nicolaev and Bologa, GEO-ECO-MARINA
11/2015 Review)
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