Перевал находится после развилки.

to be located

Breakdown of Перевал находится после развилки.

• после: after
• перевал: the mountain pass
• развилка: the fork in the trail

Questions & Answers about Перевал находится после развилки.

What does находится mean here?

Находится is the 3rd person singular of находиться, which means to be located, to be situated, or to be found somewhere.

So Перевал находится после развилки literally means something like:

• The pass is located after the fork.

In location sentences, находиться is very common and sounds natural.

Why is развилки not развилка?

Because после requires the genitive case.

• dictionary form: развилка
• genitive singular: развилки

So:

• после развилки = after the fork

This is a very important pattern in Russian: certain prepositions always force a specific case, and после takes the genitive.

What case is перевал in?

Перевал is in the nominative singular.

It is the subject of the sentence:

• перевал = the pass

Since it is the thing being talked about, it stays in its basic dictionary form here.