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having been swept away. The direction of these currents was south- 

 ward, as indicated by the line of the bluff which marks the eastern 

 limit of the flood channel. 



2 Flood deposits. South of the leveled area of the moraine lies 

 the broad aggradation plain already described under the head of 

 outwash plains. As stated, this plain was originally a plain of the 

 out wash type normal to the moraine. Afterward its materials were 

 subject to redistribution through the work of streams and the plain 



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Fig. 5 Sketch map showing the distribution of land and water on the 

 area of the Saratoga quadrangle during the epoch of flooded waters 



