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Semenic-Caraș Gorge National Park

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Semenic-Caraș Gorge National Park
Parcul Național Semenic-Cheile Carașului
IUCN category II (national park)
Semenic Mountains
Location within Romania
Location	Caraș-Severin County  Romania
Nearest city	Anina
Coordinates	45°08′31″N 21°58′37″E / 45.142°N 21.977°E / 45.142; 21.977[1]
Area	35,664.80 hectares (88,129.6 acres)
Established	2000
Website	www.pnscc.ro%20www.pnscc.ro

The Semenic-Caraș Gorge National Park (Romanian: Parcul Național Semenic-Cheile Carașului) is a protected area (national park category II IUCN) situated in southwest Romania, in Caraș-Severin County.^[2]

Location[edit]

The Natural Park is located in the Anina Mountains [ro] and the Semenic Mountains [ro], a group of mountain included in the Banat Mountains. It is situated in the southwestern part of Romania, in the middle of Caraș-Severin County.

Description[edit]

The Semenic-Caraș Gorge National Park was declared a protected area by Law No. 5 of 6 March 2000 (published in Monitorul Oficial No. 152 on 12 April 2000).^[3] It features a typical karst and forest landscape and is characterised by its 300-year-old virgin beech forest, the only one in Europe.

The Park contains a number of nature reserves, including the Caraș Gorge (Cheile Carașului), the Caraș Springs (Izvoarele Carașului), and dripstone and other caves.

The Caraș Gorge is one of Romania’s longest, wildest and most beautiful, with rich flora and fauna, including the Semenic flower (Anntenaria dioica). It has many caves, some only accessible from underwater, with near-vertical limestone walls and so-called “kettles” on the upper Caraș. On the right bank of the Caraș, above the Caraș Gorge, are the ruins of the thirteenth-century Grat Castle. One of the most beautiful caves in this area, with diverse formations of stalactites and stalagmites, is the dripstone cave of Comarnic.^[4]

Twenty archaeological sites have been discovered in the Park.

Access[edit]

• European route E70-București – Craiova – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Orșova – Topleț – National road DN6 – Mehadia

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