Karst and Caves of Romania: A Brief Overview

Abstract

Romania is not regarded as a country with an overabundance of karst resources, although it is home of many unique karst landscapes and caves as documented in the chapters of this book. Karst-prone rocks cover at least 5500 km2 (Fig. 1) representing ~2.3% of the total area of the country (238.397 km2). Worth noting is that the low percentage is mainly because extensive areas in which karst forming rocks exist, are covered by younger, Pliocene, and Quaternary age deposits.