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SOME OBSERVATIONS ON SEA WATER CIRCULATION
IN THE AREA OF THE DANUBE MOUTHS


Ion Nae and Iulian Postolache

Romanian Marine Research Institute Constanta

Abstract
The paper analyses the results of direct marine current measurements
carried out off the mouths of the Danube in April and September 1977,
coresponding respectively to periods of high and low Danube water
discharge. The main factors acting on the regime of the currents 
within different water layers are considered: wind, river discharge
and shoreline direction. The existence of a general southward flow up
to 12-15 Nm width has been finally pointed out.