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Wabash Studies. 



Charles R. Dryeu, 



TERRACES OF THE WARASH VALLEY IN PARKE, VERMILLION AND VIGO COUNTIES. 



The most conspicuous features of the lower Wabash Valley are the 

 heavy gravel terraces, which are almost everywhere present ou oue side or 



Fisure 4. Bluff Slopa from Island Terrace. 



the other, and sometimes on both 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 sliowai in the 

 accompanying sketch map. (Fig. 1.) 



The Manteziiiiia Terrace has been studied only at its lower end from 

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

 three steps to a height of 45-.50 feet above the flood plain or about .525 feet 

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



