Balta Mică a Brăilei Natural Park, Natural reserve in Brăila County, Romania.
Balta Mică a Brăilei is a protected area along the Lower Danube featuring seven large islands and numerous inland lakes separated by river channels. The landscape combines freshwater marshes, riverside forests, and open water surfaces that support diverse wildlife.
The park was declared a protected area by Law No. 5 of 6 March 2000, published in the Official Gazette No. 152 of 12 March 2000. On 15 June 2001 the Balta Mică a Brăilei site was listed under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. It lies in the floodplain of the Danube between the Great Brăila Island and the Brăila Plain.
The park lies in the floodplain between Great Brăila Island and the Bărăgan Plain, a landscape of channels, marshes and willow-poplar galleries. Its Romanian name, "Small Brăila Pond", refers to the shallow backwater formed by the Danube's branches. The park overlaps a Ramsar wetland site listed on 15 June 2001.
Access is by European route E60 from Bucharest through Urziceni, then national road DN2A via Slobozia, Țăndărei and Giurgeni, crossing the Giurgeni–Vadu Oii bridge over the Danube. The park lies in the floodplain between the Great Brăila Island and the Brăila Plain, spread across the communes of Berteștii de Jos, Chiscani, Gropeni, Mărașu, Stăncuța and Tichilești.
The protected area contains over 50 inland lakes scattered like pearls across a network of islands and channels. These hidden waters serve as refuges for rare water birds that are otherwise difficult to spot in the region.
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