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danube delta
Danube Delta has been formed starting from the Upper Pleistocene and has evolute in connection with the three Danubian arms: Sfantu Gheorghe (the oldest, from the South, 126 km), Sulina (80 km) and Chilia (the newest, from the North, 116 km).
Named Istratos by the Greeks and Danubius by the Romans, the river carries every year between 75 and 85 million of tons of alluvia by means of its water volume of approximately 6,000 mc/s, thus increasing the surface of the Delta.
In the area of Chilia branch, the territory advances into the sea by 40 - 80 m/year.