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Wabash Studies. 



Charles R. Dbyeu. 



TKIiHAC'ES OF THE WARASH VALLEY IN PARKE, VEKMILLION AND VIGO COUNTIES. 



The most ('onspiciious features of the lower Wabash Valley are the 

 heavy gravel terraces, which are almost everywhere present on one side or 



Figure 4. Bluff Slops from Island Terrace. 



tlie other, and sometimes on l)oth sides. During the last two years, with 

 the help of my students, I have extended the study of the Terre Haute 

 area up the river as far as Montezuma. The results are shown in the 

 accompanying sketch map. (Fig. 1.) 



Tlic Montezuma Terrace has been studied only at its lower end from 

 Montezuma to its southern ternnnation. It is complex, rising by two or 

 three steps to a height of 4ri-.")0 feet above the tiood plain or about .j25 feet 

 A. T. At Montezuma its width is li miles. 



