Turda Gorge
File:Looking east through the Turda gorge, Romania, 2017.jpg
Turda Gorge ({{langx|ro|Cheile Turzii}}, {{langx|hu|Tordai-hasadék}}) is a natural reserve (on Hășdate River) situated 6 km west of Turda and about 15 km{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} south-east of Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, Romania.
Geography
The canyon, formed through the erosion of the Jurassic limestone of the mountain, is 2 900 m longVioleta Nicula, p. 64 and the walls have heights reaching 300 m. The total surface of the canyon is of 324 ha.
Cheile Turzii contain one of the richest and most scenic karst landscapes in Romania. More than 1000 plant and animal species (some of them rare or endangered, like the wild garlic or some species of eagle) live here.
History
The site has been inhabited since the Neolithic.
Flora
More than 1,000 plant species can be found in the reservation, including Allium obliquum, Dianthus integripetalus, Viola jobi.
Fauna
Caves
There are some 60 known caves, almost all of them being of small size (the longest one is 120 m).
Other tourist attractions
Cheile Turzii are just a few km away from two other canyons (Cheile Turului and Cheile Borzești) as well as from Ciucaș waterfall.
Cheile Turzii is one of the main rock climbing sites in Romania.
Picture gallery
Tordai-hasadek.JPG|Turda Gorges seen from the west end
CheileTurzii02.jpg|Cheile Turzii
Cheile Turzii-Podeț-(48).JPG|One of the bridges of Cheile Turzii
Cheile Turzii (2).jpg
CheileTurziiPesteraBalica.jpg|"Balica's Cave" in Cheile Turzii
CheileTurziiCabana.jpg|The chalet
2007 06210073Turda.JPG|Cheile Turzii seen from Turda
Henric Trenk - Intrare in Cheile Turzii.jpg|Henric Trenk's painting of Cheile Turzii
See also
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- Cheile Bicazului
- Salina Turda
- Tourism in Romania
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101019002501/http://www.hudaluipapara.com/ Huda lui Papara Cave]
Notes
Further reading
- Turda, date istorice, Violeta Nicula, Editura Triade, pag. 64-66
External links
- [http://infoturda.ro/divertisment/wallpaper/album/7-cheile-turzii.html Turda Gorges Wallpapers]
- [http://www.turdaturism.ro Turda tourism]
- [http://www.welcometoromania.ro/DN75/DN75_Cheile_Turzii_r.htm Cheile Turzii]
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Category:Canyons and gorges of Romania
Category:Tourist attractions in Romania
Category:Nature reserves in Romania