It represents Europe's only instance of a river bifurcation flowing into two seas,[1][2] dividing into two irreversible branches.

[3] After the major settlement of southern Kosovo, the town of Ferizaj, the Nerodime turns south and flows next to the villages of Varosh, Komoglava, Kacanik, Stagovo and Runjevo, before it reaches the town of Kacanik and empties into the Lepenec river.

[4][failed verification] In the 14th century, during the reign of king Milutin, a canal connecting the Sazlia pond and the river Nerodime was dug, creating an artificial bifurcation,[citation needed] since the Nerodime flows to the south into the Lepenec river and thus belongs to the Aegean Sea drainage basin, while the Sitnica (which is an outflow of the Sazlia) flows to the north, into the Iber river and belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin.

After World War II, the canal was covered with earth again as it was previously mudded as a result of the lack of maintenance.

[citation needed] The western part of the city offers ideal conditions for the formation of public green spaces (parks), for the development of tourism and recreation.