Iron Gate

American  

Or Iron Gates

noun

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

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Iron Gate British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Several Indigenous leaders and activists watched as a single earthmover tore into the top of Iron Gate Dam, starting a pivotal phase in the largest dam removal project in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 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