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0048 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2
Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2 / Page 48 (Color Image)

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[Photo] 445 A Bridge over the Third-cycle Terrace in Karategin.

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Terraces of the second stage lie about half-way up the valley sides, but are
found only at rare intervals, usually where tributaries join, and badly preserved
because the third-stage valley-floor has widened to nearly obliterate the transition.
But those of the third stage are in remarkable preservation and form the great
feature of Karategin, the spacious plains and gentle slopes of its oases. Broadly
speaking, it gives a concave sweep to the valley bottom, for the most part 4 miles
across and traversed by the present river channel, about half a mile wide, of rec-
tangular section, varying up to nearly 300 feet in depth.

At Damburachi (junction with the Muk Su), this stage widens into a trian-
gular junction-terrace* of over 30 square miles area, traversed by abandoned
distributary channels of the Muk Su between 200 and 300 feet above stream. Two