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ago cut the Danube River deeply through the Wachau.
During the most recent ice age, from 110,000–14,000
years ago, loess was deposited from outwash plains and
tundra, drif ting in from the eastern side, while sites near
the Danube River are composed from more recently
accumulated river sediments. One also encounters
locally isolated alluvial deposits lef t by the Tethys Sea,
the precursor to today’s Mediterranean.