Bifurkacioni Earthcache EarthCache
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Accessible by earth road from the city of Ferizaj/Urosevac (road
signs "Bifurkacioni"). Elevation 550 m. The last bit can be
slippery.
Bifurkacioni është fenomen natyrorë kur nji lum ndahet në dy
degë dhe derdhet në ujëmbledhësa të dryshëm detarë. Raste të tilla
natyrore në botë janë vetëm dy. Nji është në Kosovë në lumin
Nerodime, ku nji degë derdhet në lumin Lepenc dhe vazhdon në Vardar
e në detin Egje dhe dega tjetër derdhet në lumin Sitnica e cila
derdhet në lumin Ibër e mandej përfundon në detin e Zi.Rast tjetër
të Bifurkacionit kemi me lumin Orinoko në Brazil.
The Nerodime Bifurcation (in Albanian: Bifurkacioni; in
Serbian: Bifurkacija) represents a hydrological curiosity in
Kosovo and in Balkans. With the bifurcation of Nerodime river
waters are downloaded in the Aegean and Black sea. This way an
interesting phenomena with an educational importance is created.
The Bifurcation is located in the southern part of the Kosovo basin
in the territory of Ferizaj Municipality (in Serbian: Urosevac).
Check out this aerial
photo
The Bifurcation of Nerodime is the very first hydrological
protected object in Kosovo (1979). The Nerodime Bifurcation is
declared as a strict wildlife sanctuary, I category according to
(IUCN). The protected compound is laid on a surface of 13,0 ha. It
is considered that the bifurcation is an artificial phenomena, but
under extremely favorable natural conditions for the creation of
which no emphasized technical measures were undertaken. Another
most famous bifurcation is the Casiquiare canal that links the
Orinoco River with the Amazon.
See also:
Wikipedia
Scientific Brief
The two bifurcating branches are the Nerodime River, a tributary of
the Lepenc River flowing south into the Vardar, flowing into the
the Aegean Sea; and a tributary of the Sitnicë River, flowing North
to the Ibar River, itself a tributary of the Morava in Serbia, a
major tributary of the Danube.
Although the Bifurcation area has been declared a protected
sanctuary, it is at the time this Earthcache is posted in a rather
shabby situation : the branch going to the left is virtually
clogged, and the area is full of litter. What we geocachers can
modestly do about that is to update in our logs the information on
the status of environmental protection at the Bifurcation.
This cache is attributed to Serbia and Montenegro because of the
constraints of the Geocaching software as of March 2008. In fact
the cache is located in a country that calls itself Kosovo, and has
been recognized as independent by several countries including the
USA in Feburary, 2008. Most internationally available maps show the
place names in Serbian (the Nerodimka Bifurkacione, near Urosevac),
while now locally only Albanian names are in use (Urosevac =
Ferizaj).
To log this earthcache, perform the following tasks:
A) What is the purpose of the stone building with tiled roof which
spans one of the branches?
B) How many arches does the first bridge on the main branch have?
(NO PHOTO OF THE BRIDGE IN YOUR LOG!!)
Tell me the answers to these two questions per email (NOT IN THE
LOG!!)
C) Take a photo of the Bifurcation, framed to show yourself and
enabling to see if the environment is improving or not (this
will be Geocaching's modest contribution to environmental
awareness). If you are there without any help, you can take a
photo of your GPS with readable coordinates instead.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gur Ovshepngvba vf whfg nsgre na byq fgbar ohvyqvat ba gur znva oenapu.