Nerodimka river
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Bifurcation of River Nerodimka
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| Country | Kosovo |
| Basin features | |
| Main source | Nerodimka mountain, Kosovo |
| River mouth | Lepenac, at Kačanik, Kosovo |
| Basin size | 229 km2 (88 sq mi) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 41 km (25 mi) |
The Nerodimka (Serbian Cyrillic: Неродимка; Albanian: Nerodimja, Nerodime), is a river in the Nerodimlje region of Kosovo, a 41 km-long left tributary to the Lepenac river. It represents Europe's only instance of a river bifurcation flowing into two seas, dividing into two irreversible branches. The left branch flows into the Black Sea, and the right branch flows into the Aegean Sea.
For other cases see List of unusual drainage systems.
The Nerodimka river rises in the Lake Peak and is formed by two main tributaries, one flowing from the Nerodimka mountain and the other one from the Crnoljeva mountain. They join in the village of Nerodime e Epërme (Gornje Nerodimlje). From there it flows to a dam, where the first bifurcation occurs at 42°22′09″N 21°04′49″E / 42.369151°N 21.080277°E. The northern branch flows into the Sitnica river and ultimately into the Black Sea via the Ibar, Morava and Danube rivers; while the main, southern branch joins with another branch of the Nerodimka river and together continue the journey to the Aegean Sea via the Lepenac and Vardar Rivers.
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