Bigar Waterfall, Caraș-Severin County, Romania.

Bigar Waterfall is a protected area (nature reserve IUCN category IV) situated in the administrative territory of Bozovici, in Caraș-Severin County in southwestern Romania. Located at the south-west limit of the country, in the south of the Anina Mountains (a group of mountains included in the Banat Mountains), in Caraș-Severin County, on the upper Anina River, in the Cheile Nerei-Beușnița National Park.

Bigar Waterfall with an area of 175.60 ha was declared a natural protected area by the Law Number.5 of March 6, 2000. Bigar Waterfall is one of the most unusual waterfalls in the world and one of the most beautiful in Romania. According to The World Geography, there are a number of facts that place her as number one on the list of eight unique waterfalls around the world due to the way the water spreads and falls in tiny shreds of water, and also the fact that it is located exactly on the 45th parallel north, at the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole.

Though it doesn't impress by size or flow, what sets this waterfall apart from others is its peculiar shape - resembling a mushroom tip or a princess' gown - and location; a moss covered extension of a cliff over a small river (Miniş). All these features combined, which directly influence the way water spreads and flows into the river below.

Like many other natural attractions in Romania, Bigar Waterfall has its own legend, this time of a girl in love, locked by her parents in the small cave close to the falls. Desperately wanting to be with a boy named Bigar, the girl could only do that after she was transformed into a waterfall and the boy drowned in its waters.

The visit of the Biaăr waterfall during winter, if it snows, the waterfall forms a row of icicles around the moss mound, giving it the appearance of a crystal palace - hence the name of the waterfall's avatar, ‘the princess’.