Divided or forked into two branches, paths, or divisions; split into two separate parts.
From Latin 'bifurcatus' (forked) from 'bifurcus' meaning two-forked. The term became common in English in the 18th century to describe structures or processes splitting into two.
Rivers create bifurcated channels during floods, and these splits can literally reshape continents over centuries—the Danube's bifurcation into multiple channels created the Danube Delta, one of Europe's most ecologically rich areas.
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