Nera River (Danube)

Nera in the National Park Cheile Nerei - Beusnita

Course of the Nera in Romania

The Nera (Romanian, Hungarian Néra; Serbian Нера / Nera ) is a river in southwestern Romania, is known for its canyon routes. He is in parts border to Serbia.

Course

The Nera springs north of Borlovenii Vechi in Semenic Mountains, which is part of the Banat Mountains. After about. 70 km flows through the Nera between Sopotu Nou and Sasca Română an approximately 30 km long and up to 600 meters deep karst gorge that forms the core area of the national park Neraschluchten (Romanian Cheile Nerei - Beusnita ). There are in addition numerous caves also sinter terraces, others Travertinformationen and karst phenomena such as the Lacul Dracului ( " Devil " ) in a collapsed cave.

On their last 15 kilometers, the Nera forms the border to Serbia and ends at (Donau) - kilometers in 1075 into the Danube.

Map

Club českých turistů: Turistická Mapa Banat, M 1: 100,000. 1st edition. Freytag & Berndt, Prague 2001, ISBN 80-85999-88-9 ( map and guide, Czech / Romanian / English).