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Iron Gate

American

Or Iron Gates

noun

a gorge cut by the Danube through the Carpathian Mountains, between Yugoslavia and SW Romania. 2 miles (3.2 km) long.

Iron Gate British

noun

Romanian name: Porţile de Fier. a gorge of the River Danube on the border between Romania and Serbia. Length: 3 km (2 miles)

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Thrivemind Village in Iron Gate has partnered with a number of organisations and is urging people to donate extra items so they do not end up in landfill.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Excavators clawed at the remnants of Iron Gate Dam, clattering loudly as they unloaded tons of earth and rock into dump trucks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

Two earthen dams, the Iron Gate and the John C. Boyle, remain to be dismantled starting in May.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Next year, he’ll be confronted with nearly 1000 hectares of bare ground stretching along 36 kilometers of the Klamath and its tributaries, after authorities remove Iron Gate and three other dams in California and Oregon.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023

"Away from here. Away from the fires. Go out the Iron Gate, I suppose.. North somewhere, anywhere."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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