Ludlowville Falls is a broad glacial waterfall for the Finger Lakes region. Salmon Creek is a tributary of Cayuga Lake and features quite a large drainage basin, covering approximately 80 square miles. Salmon Creek pours 48 feet over the falls, which has a crest width that averages about 120 feet across, but can reach as much as 175 feet across during flood stage. The left side of the falls has undercut its cliff considerably, resulting in a cavernous-like overhang on the mostly-dry side of the cliff. On the opposite side a narrow flume sends a chute of water sliding down a steeply angled pitch of rock, and then blasting outward in a roostertail type formation. Exposed glacial geology conjugate joint system typically found in the Ithaca area, and perfect textbook form showing a harder layer of Tully Limestone undercut when the stream erodes the softer Moscow and Ludlowville shale layers below.
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