Danube Canyon

The Danube Canyon (also known as the Viteaz Canyon) is a large submarine canyon, off the coast of Romania, which indents the shelf in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. It developed seawards during the late Pleistocene seaward along the Danube valley.[1]

The canyon continues into the most recent central channel in the relict Danube fan at the bottom of the Black Sea and has been the major route of the transport of the deposit from Danube river to the Danube fan.

Near the shelf break zone the canyon is approximately 350m deep.[2]

References
  1. "The Danube submarine canyon (Black Sea): morphology and sedimentary processes", Marine Geology, Volume 206, Issues 1-4, 31 May 2004, Pages 249-265
  2. "Environmental Degradation of the Black Sea: Challenges and Remedies", editors Şükrü T. Beşiktepe, Ümit Ünlüata, Alexandru S. Bologa, 1999, ISBN 0792356764 p.40
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