El majestuoso Danubio, con sus 3,000 km de longitud, se erige como el río más internacional del mundo, atravesando el corazón de Europa y conectando diecinueve países. Desde sus fuentes en la Selva Negra hasta su desembocadura en el Mar Negro, el Danubio es un símbolo de unidad y diversidad cultural. Este río no solo proporciona agua, sino que también es un corredor vital para el comercio, la navegación y la vida silvestre. A lo largo de su recorrido, se pueden encontrar impresionantes ciudades como Viena, Budapest y Bratislava, cada una con su propia historia y atractivo turístico.
El Danubio también es conocido por sus paisajes espectaculares, que varían desde montañas y colinas hasta llanuras y deltas, creando un hábitat diverso para numerosas especies. Además, el río juega un papel crucial en la cultura europea, inspirando a artistas, escritores y músicos a lo largo de los siglos. La importancia histórica y económica del Danubio lo convierte en un destino fascinante tanto para viajeros como para investigadores.
Explorar el Danubio es una invitación a descubrir la riqueza de la cultura europea, sus tradiciones y su historia. Desde paseos en barco hasta recorridos en bicicleta a lo largo de sus riberas, las actividades son infinitas. Sin duda, el Danubio es un tesoro natural que merece ser conocido y preservado para las futuras generaciones.
#Danubio, #RíosDeEuropa, #TurismoCultural
Keywords: Danubio, río internacional, Europa, navegación, comercio, cultura europea, ciudades del Danubio, historia del Danubio, paisajes del Danubio, ecosistemas del Danubio.
El Danubio también es conocido por sus paisajes espectaculares, que varían desde montañas y colinas hasta llanuras y deltas, creando un hábitat diverso para numerosas especies. Además, el río juega un papel crucial en la cultura europea, inspirando a artistas, escritores y músicos a lo largo de los siglos. La importancia histórica y económica del Danubio lo convierte en un destino fascinante tanto para viajeros como para investigadores.
Explorar el Danubio es una invitación a descubrir la riqueza de la cultura europea, sus tradiciones y su historia. Desde paseos en barco hasta recorridos en bicicleta a lo largo de sus riberas, las actividades son infinitas. Sin duda, el Danubio es un tesoro natural que merece ser conocido y preservado para las futuras generaciones.
#Danubio, #RíosDeEuropa, #TurismoCultural
Keywords: Danubio, río internacional, Europa, navegación, comercio, cultura europea, ciudades del Danubio, historia del Danubio, paisajes del Danubio, ecosistemas del Danubio.
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00:00of
00:08Los Grandes Rios de la tierra
00:14Hacen viajes extraordinarios
00:20Surcan continentes
00:24Alimentando y conectando la vida
00:27Desarrollando culturas
00:34Proporcionando un lugar para la aventura
00:43Desde el desierto helado del Yukon
00:48Hasta el calor tropical del Zambece
00:50Y los mágicos mundos escondidos del Danubio
01:04Los Grandes Ríos
01:07Son la savia del planeta Tierra
01:21Los Grandes Ríos
01:29El majestuoso Danubio
01:33Tiene casi 3.000 kilómetros de longitud
01:36Desde su nacimiento hasta el mar
01:40Y recorre el corazón de Europa
01:44Es mucho más que un simple río
01:51Es una gigantesca red de agua que se extiende por todo el continente
02:00Fluye hacia el este
02:03Desde Alemania y Austria
02:06Hasta Rumanía y el Mar Negro
02:13Sus afluentes aportan agua desde 19 países
02:16Lo que lo convierte en el río más internacional del planeta
02:24En su viaje atraviesa paisajes extraordinarios
02:28Y reinos ancestrales
02:34Revelando riquezas espléndidas
02:38Y mágicas sorpresas
02:46Pero para entender los constantes cambios de este río único
02:52Empezaremos
02:55Por el punto más alto
03:03Con sus 4.000 metros sobre el nivel del mar
03:07La montaña Pis Bernina en Suiza
03:10Es el punto más alto de toda la cuenca del Danubio
03:16Aquí se acumulan 800 millones de toneladas de agua en forma de hielo
03:26El glaciar Morterasch tiene 6 kilómetros de largo
03:30Y una profundidad de 250 metros
03:33Y está cubierto de nieve la mayor parte del año
03:42Pero en primavera, cuando sube la temperatura
03:46Y se dan las condiciones adecuadas
03:53Surge una oportunidad única
04:03Correr me mantiene viva
04:06Me conecta con la naturaleza
04:09Y con mi espíritu
04:12Anne-Marie Flamersveld lleva toda su vida corriendo
04:15Por los parajes más difíciles del mundo
04:23Y hoy se dan las circunstancias ideales
04:26Para correr en la cabecera helada del Danubio
04:32Correr sobre un río congelado es algo excepcional
04:36Solo puedes hacerlo durante un periodo de tiempo muy concreto
04:42Es un paisaje precioso
04:46Pero las apariencias engañan
04:49Correr sobre un glaciar, incluso en verano, es muy peligroso
04:53No sabes dónde están las grietas
04:58Y si caes por una, la caída puede ser de tres o cinco metros
05:03Así que es importante seguir una ruta definida
05:07Cuando voy cuesta abajo, busco siempre el mejor recorrido
05:11Porque voy muy deprisa y lo disfruto mucho
05:15Tengo que concentrarme en cada paso
05:19Y es lo más divertido
05:25Y cuando llega hasta la base del glaciar
05:30Es cuando se vislumbra el verdadero poder atrapado en el hielo
05:33Cuando te fijas bien y ves que está brotando agua de un sitio concreto
05:41Es cuando dices, es un río
05:47Las aguas del Danubio ya están en marcha por debajo del glaciar
06:03Más de una cuarta parte del agua del río viene de los Alpes
06:12Y en primavera se convierte en una fuerza de la naturaleza imparable
06:20Y alimenta la corriente del Danubio para recorrer todo el continente
06:25Hasta llegar al Mar Negro
06:32Su viaje acaba de empezar
06:50Unos kilómetros más abajo, en las laderas del valle
06:59La nieve que se funde
07:03Despeja el camino para un nuevo comienzo
07:09Y deja al descubierto
07:13El hogar de alguien
07:20En su interior habita una criatura que lleva ocho meses esperando
07:32Es un macho de marmota alpina
07:36Parecen pequeñas, pero llegan a pesar hasta ocho kilos
07:41Lo que las convierte en los pesos pesados de la familia de las ardillas
07:47El invierno ha sido muy duro para él y para los suyos
07:52Durante el invierno, aisladas en sus madrigueras
07:55Las marmotas alpinas pierden un tercio de su peso
07:58Ahora necesita engordar
08:03Al derretirse la nieve, la comida queda al descubierto
08:11Las marmotas comen hierba, flores e incluso algún que otro gusano
08:17Cuando lo encuentran
08:21Pero hay un problema
08:24Hay más familias viviendo en la zona
08:28Y hay poca comida para repartir
08:32Así que tendrá que defender su territorio
08:36Cuando se trata de luchar por su hogar
08:40Las marmotas van muy en serio
08:44Se aproxima un intruso
08:48Es el momento de pasar a la ofensiva
08:53Para conseguir ventaja
08:56Las marmotas se levantan sobre las patas traseras
09:03Es un combate cuerpo a cuerpo
09:07Se empujan y se agarran
09:14Lo más importante es mantenerse erguido
09:17Pero cuando la costa parece despejada
09:20Llegan más peligros
09:25El calor del sol hace que se suelten los enormes carámbanos
09:28De las cascadas congeladas
09:34Un golpe de uno de esos trozos de hielo sería fatal
09:41Las marmotas se levantan
09:43Pero hay un problema
10:01El peligro ha pasado
10:05En el Valle de las Marmotas
10:08La vida es un placer
10:13Pero la vida es un peligro
10:27La corriente del deshielo avanza
10:31Y se van sumando innumerables arroyos y afluentes
10:33El agua fluye desde todos los rincones de la cuenca del Danubio
10:51Y atraviesan un sinfín de hábitats
10:55Algunos de los cuales esconden maravillas secretas
11:04En los bosques de Bosnia
11:07Hay un afluente que tiene un origen diferente
11:14Estas aguas cristalinas provienen de manantiales subterráneos
11:23Y crean un mundo acuático
11:27Lleno de magia
11:33Según la leyenda
11:36A los romanos les pareció un río de tal belleza única
11:39Que lo bautizaron como Una
11:51Aunque el agua parezca pura
11:54Lleva infinidad de minerales disueltos
11:57Procedentes de la caliza que hay en el subsuelo
12:00Es un río muy especial
12:03Con cascadas y pozas en miniatura
12:14El musgo y otras plantas
12:17Van absorbiendo los minerales disueltos
12:21Son como esponjas naturales
12:24Que crecen y se endurecen poco a poco
12:30Y en el proceso se crean nuevas cascadas
12:39Parece el río de un cuento de hadas
12:59Pero no todo lo interesante está en la superficie
13:07Por debajo hay una auténtica fiesta
13:13Las aguas de la cabecera del Danubio
13:16Ricas en nutrientes y oxígeno
13:19Son un lugar perfecto para reunirse y buscar alimento
13:24Los bancos dorados de barbos
13:26Se mezclan con los elegantes tímalos
13:29Y las hiperactivas truchas
13:35Muchas especies desoban en esta zona
13:39Incluyendo una muy especial
13:43Que no se encuentra en ningún otro lugar de la tierra
13:48Cada primavera si observamos con atención
13:52Podemos ver uno de los principales depredadores del río
13:57El ucho, también conocido como salmón del Danubio
14:01Puede llegar a medir más de un metro de largo
14:06Es el salmón de agua dulce más grande del mundo
14:12Aquí vemos una pareja mostrando su lado más tierno
14:22La hembra barre la grava agitada
14:25Agitando su poderosa cola
14:28Y crea una pequeña depresión en el lecho del río
14:36Es un nido para poner sus huevos
14:43Al final parece el resultado de una limpieza de primavera
14:50El macho se acerca para aparearse
14:55Y para proteger a la hembra de otras atenciones no deseadas
15:00Bueno, será mejor dejar que estos depredadores gigantes sigan a lo suyo
15:11Las secretas aguas de la cabecera del Danubio
15:14Están llenas de oportunidades para la vida
15:18Y donde hay peces
15:21Hay especies interesadas en ellos
15:30Hoy, Esdena Gabranovic espera pescar un pez que siempre busca aguas cristalinas
15:38La trucha
15:42Empieza preparando moscas de pesca
15:45Me encanta tener mi propio rinconcito
15:51Puedo pasarme seis u ocho horas preparando moscas
15:56Su objetivo es crear el insecto perfecto
16:01Algo que engañe a las truchas para que se lo coman
16:07Debe tener el tamaño adecuado
16:11Para que parezca que está viva
16:17Utiliza pequeñas plumas para las alas
16:20Y seda para el cuerpo
16:24Es lo suficientemente sólida para parecer realista
16:28Y lo suficientemente ligera para poder lanzarla bien
16:32Ha llegado el momento de usarla
16:46Primero lanza el sedal
16:51Haciendo un bucle en el aire
17:01Tiene que posarse sobre el agua con la máxima suavidad
17:10Para que la mosca atraiga a su presa
17:13La pesca con mosca es un tipo de pesca muy especial
17:25Es como una obra de arte
17:33Y yo sería la artista
17:39La clave está en escoger el momento y el ritmo
17:42Adecuado
17:45Cada lanzamiento libera un poco más de sedal
17:50Más posibilidades de éxito
18:02Me cuesta imaginar mi vida sin el río
18:04El río y la pesca con mosca me dan la vida
18:22No ha habido suerte, pero no importa
18:26Estar en un río tan maravilloso es más que gratificante
18:34Aunque la tranquilidad del río sea un atractivo
18:38Las aguas del Danubio cambian constantemente
18:46En Eslovenia, uno de los principales afluentes del Danubio, el río Sava
18:52Ofrece unas posibilidades totalmente diferentes
19:04El río Sava es el más grande del Danubio
19:08Los preciosos ríos son los que se pueden ver en las calles
19:12El río Sava es el lugar más importante
19:16El río Sava es el lugar más importante
19:20El río Sava es el lugar más importante
19:26El río Sava es el lugar más importante
19:30El cayaquista Rock Rossman encuentra aquí la misma libertad
19:34of the waters that surround it.
19:38But it's a risky activity.
19:41In the rapids, you can find trees,
19:43which can be very dangerous.
19:45There's also rocks that generate siphons.
19:51So, as they say,
19:54the river is full of traps,
19:58but it's also full of fun.
20:01Once you've felt the river from a kayak,
20:06you'll always see it in a different way.
20:10For Rock, who is also a biologist,
20:13rivers provide much more than fun.
20:19The river is the habitat
20:22with the most abundance of life and diversity.
20:31It transports nutrients,
20:34water,
20:36energy.
20:38It's the most important element of nature.
20:47And according to Rock,
20:49it also helps us when it comes to
20:51facing the pressures of life.
20:54When you have problems,
20:57you can go talk to the psychiatrist
20:59or come and sit next to the river.
21:02It's up to you what's nice and what's cheap.
21:15As they descend from the headwaters
21:17and the alpine valleys,
21:20the Danubian affluents gather
21:23to become this great river.
21:30Towns,
21:35crops,
21:39and cities
21:41begin to join their route.
21:46Humans have been settling on their banks
21:49for thousands of years
21:51and have dominated it.
21:53They have encased it and conditioned it
21:56to prevent annual floods.
22:00But there are still natural stretches.
22:04As soon as you leave Vienna,
22:06the capital of Austria,
22:08there is the Danubio-Auen National Park.
22:11It's a strip of forests and wetlands
22:14protected on the banks of the Danube.
22:20Home to some extraordinary creatures.
22:29A young European Galapagos.
22:54It was born from an egg
22:56buried four months ago.
23:00Its mother nested in a safe place
23:03from the floods.
23:09But now it's far from the water.
23:14And it's a tiny creature
23:16that must embark on an epic journey
23:19in solitude.
23:30When you only measure a few centimeters,
23:33everything around you seems very large.
23:41Even the tiny ants are impressed.
23:48But this turtle comes equipped
23:51with its own armor.
23:55And although the arms and legs
23:56are small,
23:58they have a lot of strength.
24:06It walks towards the water by instinct,
24:09using all its energy.
24:16Of all the turtle young
24:18that are born each year,
24:20only 2% reach adulthood.
24:27And when you think you've reached your goal,
24:32you discover that it's still very far away.
24:41And there's a lot of movement around here.
24:44Not just turtles.
24:56It's now or never.
25:27There's not much time left.
25:32The one who doesn't take a chance
25:34doesn't win.
25:37In Austria, they're in danger of extinction,
25:40so every turtle is important.
25:57Finally,
25:59fresh and revitalizing water.
26:05Our young turtle is not used to it,
26:09but it's home at last.
26:13Safety,
26:15food,
26:18and also friends.
26:27After crossing Germany,
26:29Austria,
26:31and Slovakia,
26:33the young turtle arrives in Hungary,
26:36the central part of its journey.
26:42To its majestic capital,
26:46Budapest.
26:53A city that owes its existence
26:54to the Danube,
26:58and that has witnessed the rise
27:00and fall of several empires,
27:03from the Romans to the Crusaders.
27:06In Budapest,
27:08art and mystery intertwine.
27:13Its magnificent architecture
27:15and its seven spectacular bridges
27:17are samples of a place
27:19that has served as a cultural inspiration
27:21for centuries.
27:25Today,
27:27with a population of 1,700,000,
27:29it's more important than ever.
27:40Water is one of the oldest means of transportation,
27:43and it's still the cheapest.
27:48And the strategic location of Budapest
27:50is one of the most important.
27:54It's vital for the Danube
27:56to remain the backbone
27:58of the European transport network.
28:04Up to 50 million tons of goods
28:06travel the Danube every year.
28:11Gigantic freighters and boats
28:13sail from port to port.
28:17They carry large and heavy loads,
28:19such as cereals,
28:21sand and fuel,
28:22which otherwise
28:24would have to take more expensive routes.
28:29Freighters act as transport centers,
28:32where containers and goods
28:34move with the precision of a clock.
28:39A gigantic moving puzzle
28:41that works 24 hours a day,
28:43seven days a week.
28:52It's easy to understand
28:54the importance of the Danube
28:56in the daily life of Budapest.
29:00But there's something else.
29:11A hidden secret.
29:17A dark well,
29:19difficult to find.
29:23But for two scientists,
29:26it's a wonder of the past
29:28that connects the Danube
29:30with the last age of ice.
29:40To explore it,
29:44Drs. Gergly Ballas
29:46and Dinesh Sivert
29:48have discovered
29:50a special equipment
29:52to enter a cave
29:54completely full
29:56of fresh water.
30:12The caves of Molnar Llanos
30:14were not explored
30:16until the 1950s.
30:20That's when the right diving equipment
30:22was invented.
30:26Up here,
30:28there's a bustling city.
30:30But the cave
30:32belongs to antiquity.
30:34Crystal clear water
30:36filtered by the rock
30:38millennia after millennia
30:40along almost six kilometers
30:42of caves under Budapest.
30:49And in every dive,
30:51they discover something new.
30:54Some of the passages are huge
30:56and the water is so clean
30:58that it doesn't even look like
31:00there's water.
31:04It's like flying through the caves.
31:11The caves offer
31:13a unique opportunity
31:15to scientists.
31:17You see things
31:19you make measurements
31:21that nobody has done before.
31:27It's true exploration.
31:33Despite the difficulties,
31:35scientists have already
31:37unraveled some mysteries
31:39of these waters.
31:43And they have discovered
31:45that through the caves
31:46more than a million liters of water
31:48flow imperceptibly
31:50every day.
31:55And in Budapest,
31:57there's only one destination.
32:00There is an obvious connection.
32:04The cave feeds a lake
32:07which, through a channel
32:09under Lukacs' swimming pool,
32:12the water flows directly
32:14into the Danube.
32:17It's a hidden river
32:19that joins the Danube
32:21in its great journey.
32:35In Hungary,
32:37the Danube's flow
32:39may seem slow and lazy,
32:42but it still has the capacity
32:43to evoke magical moments
32:45of nature.
32:54In one of its affluent means,
32:56there is an animal
32:58that is the star
33:00of one of the most spectacular
33:02natural events on Earth.
33:08Soli, let's go that way.
33:13Dr. Bela Kys,
33:15a scientist specializing
33:17in rivers,
33:19is looking for some.
33:23Bela controls the population
33:25of an insect that hides
33:27for up to three years
33:29underwater.
33:32And to do so,
33:34it has to submerge
33:36more than four meters
33:38to the riverbed.
33:40We use a special tool
33:42called a bagger.
33:49Then we remove the clay
33:51in which the larvae live.
34:01It doesn't look like much.
34:04Here it is.
34:09A young larva.
34:13But in a few months,
34:15these larvae will transform
34:17and become
34:19one of the largest
34:21ephemera in the world.
34:26For just a few days in June,
34:29when the water temperature rises,
34:32they begin to hatch.
34:40First, the males take flight.
34:45They are beautiful specimens.
34:52For some ephemera,
34:56life is very short.
35:10But they keep coming out
35:12more and more.
35:18There is no time to lose.
35:22They have three hours of life
35:25and one purpose.
35:29To find a female
35:31and mate.
35:39When the females hatch,
35:41a frenetic mating dance
35:43begins.
35:51The sky is covered
35:53with millions of ephemeras
35:55mating in groups.
35:59Before, they inhabited many areas
36:01of the Danube basin.
36:03But the pollution
36:05and loss of their habitats
36:07make it increasingly difficult
36:09to appreciate this event.
36:13It is an amazing super swarm of life
36:15and it is worth looking for it.
36:25I don't know how to describe it.
36:27I have no words.
36:33And with the same speed
36:35with which it began,
36:37this extraordinary event
36:40ends.
36:46After a wait of three years,
36:48ephemeras have a short
36:50but intense life.
36:56They are born,
36:59reproduce
37:01and die
37:03in a single day.
37:10At this point,
37:12the Danube basin
37:14has already received
37:16its main affluents,
37:18the Drava,
37:20the Tisa
37:23and the Sava.
37:26And its contribution
37:28has tripled.
37:31This is how it reaches
37:33the last capital of its route,
37:35Belgrade, in Serbia.
37:40In this section,
37:42it is about one kilometer wide
37:44and its flow rate
37:46is 5.5 million liters per second.
37:52And it flows to the border
37:54with Romania,
37:57one of the last great milestones
37:59of its journey.
38:07The throat
38:09of the Danube
38:11has iron gates.
38:13It is 144 kilometers long
38:15and narrows
38:17to just 150 meters wide.
38:19The traffic that flows
38:21through the river
38:23has been going through this
38:25intimidating passage for thousands of years.
38:27The narrow throat
38:29with its very high cliffs
38:31was famous for its
38:33dangerous rapids and whirlpools.
38:36It was an extremely dangerous
38:37place for ships.
38:47But in the 1970s,
38:50this section of the Danube
38:52changed forever.
39:00Engineers built the dam
39:02with iron gates
39:04to take advantage
39:05of the strength of the river.
39:07It is one of the largest
39:09hydroelectric plants in Europe.
39:12This gigantic engineering work
39:14generates 5.5 million megawatts,
39:17of which 25 million people
39:19depend in Romania
39:21and Serbia.
39:28And it has had a great impact
39:30both on the population
39:32and on the river.
39:36The Danube
39:40Once the dam has been overcome,
39:42the Danube enters the lowlands
39:44of Romania and Bulgaria.
39:47In these waters
39:49lives a group of animals
39:51that has been deeply affected
39:53by the artificial barrier
39:55created upstream.
39:57A real monster of the depths.
40:01The sturgeon.
40:05Some species of sturgeon,
40:07like the beluga,
40:09live more than 100 years
40:11and reach 6 meters in length.
40:14The size of a shark.
40:20But it owes its fame
40:22to its eggs.
40:25It is the luxury caviar
40:27that is sold all over the world.
40:32Being one of the main rivers
40:33that flow into the Black Sea,
40:35the Danube is a vital area
40:37for the sturgeon.
40:41But the overfishing,
40:43the pollution
40:45and the construction of dams
40:47that block the access
40:49to its areas upstream
40:51make this river giant
40:53disappear.
40:55It is estimated that the sturgeon
40:57is more threatened
40:59than any other group
41:01of species on the planet.
41:04There is a person
41:06who considers it worth
41:08fighting for the future
41:10of the sturgeon.
41:12It's my passion.
41:14It's what I like to do most.
41:20Borislava Margaritova
41:22is a biologist
41:24specializing in fish
41:26who works in Bulgaria
41:28to preserve the health
41:30of the Danube and its fish.
41:32There are four very rare
41:34species of sturgeon
41:36that can only be found here.
41:40The Danube
41:42is the only river
41:44in Europe
41:46that still flows
41:48in a natural way.
41:50And we try to protect them
41:52because they are disappearing.
41:55Today she is going to inspect
41:57the river with her team.
42:01We arrive at the river
42:03at five in the morning
42:05and we work almost all day,
42:07sometimes until ten at night.
42:09It all depends on the captures.
42:11They use nets
42:13to capture the fish
42:15they need for their research.
42:18And it's not an easy task.
42:20The river is too big
42:22for such a small group of fish.
42:24We have to be very careful
42:26because the river
42:28is too big
42:29for so few people.
42:33In nine years,
42:35Borislava and her team
42:37have only managed to capture
42:39six sturgeons.
42:42It's very difficult.
42:44You spend eight or nine hours
42:46on the boat
42:48and it's very frustrating
42:50to pick up the nets
42:52and see that they are empty.
42:59But there is always hope.
43:04And today has been a very special day.
43:23Surprisingly,
43:25the team has not only captured one sturgeon,
43:27they have captured two.
43:31They are slightly smaller
43:33than the famous beluga,
43:35but they are just as valuable.
43:37One is a young sterlet sturgeon
43:39that could be between
43:41three and five years old
43:43and a star sturgeon
43:45between five and seven years old.
43:49The team is very satisfied
43:51with the result.
43:53There are so few of us
43:54that we have been trying
43:56to capture one for months.
43:58We have been very lucky.
44:01It's like
44:03when you celebrate
44:05your birthday
44:07and you have something
44:09that you have been wanting
44:11for many years
44:13and they give you something
44:15that you also wanted.
44:18They take advantage
44:20of the little time they have
44:22to record important data
44:24like the size
44:26and the weight.
44:28And carefully,
44:30they place small control beacons
44:32to monitor their movements.
44:38Borislava is aware
44:40of the importance
44:42of this unique encounter.
44:45The sturgeons
44:47are the Danube's flagship.
44:49So while the sturgeons
44:51are still here,
44:52we know that the river
44:54is in good condition.
44:56There is still a long way
44:58to go.
45:01But for now,
45:03Borislava can celebrate
45:05this little victory.
45:17We hope that the efforts
45:19of conservation,
45:20like the repopulation
45:22and the protection
45:24of migratory routes
45:26ensure the future
45:28of these emblematic fish.
45:38The Danube has finally reached
45:40the last stage
45:42of its epic journey.
45:45Leaving for the end
45:47the most spectacular
45:48destination.
45:52The Danube Delta.
45:57After crossing Romania
45:59and Ukraine,
46:01the imposing Danube
46:03is freed from its chasm.
46:08This wetland
46:10of almost 5,000 square kilometers
46:12is the largest in Europe
46:14that remains virgin.
46:19You can only access it
46:21by boat.
46:30The narrow canals
46:32cross river forests
46:34of reeds and poplars.
46:42And the river opens
46:44in a sea of sweet water.
46:49Bordered by canyons
46:58and immense lakes
47:00covered with water lilies.
47:05It is one of the most
47:07depopulated places in Europe.
47:10And nature flourishes freely.
47:19More than 5,000 species
47:21of animals and plants
47:23live here.
47:27The Delta is a destination
47:29of global importance
47:31for birds.
47:33Some come to breed here
47:35from places as far away
47:37as Africa and Asia,
47:39such as the Caribbean fumarole
47:41and the Cangrejera gazelle.
47:45And also a bird
47:46known as the Danube Delta.
47:54The common pelican
47:59with 17,000 pairs
48:01ready for breeding.
48:04It is the largest colony
48:06in the world outside of Africa.
48:08And its number
48:10is increasing.
48:12They nest here
48:14for several months.
48:16And feed on the abundance
48:18of the Delta.
48:20They fish in groups
48:22forming huge flotillas
48:24to give themselves
48:26a real feast of fish.
48:33A magnificent spectacle
48:35at the end of the great
48:37voyage of the Danube.
48:41Before flying once again
48:43beyond the Black Sea.
48:47The waters of the Danube
48:49cross more countries
48:51than any other river
48:53on Earth.
48:55Crossing a continent
48:57separated by borders
48:59and transformed by humanity.
49:02Despite facing
49:04great challenges
49:06on their way,
49:08they always find
49:10a way to move forward
49:12to inspire,
49:14feed
49:16and amaze.
49:21A continent connected
49:23and united
49:25by water.