Nanedi Valles
| Valley on Mars | ||
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| Nanedi Valles | ||
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| Nanedi Valles, on a photograph by Themis. | ||
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| position | 4 ° 54 ' N , 49 ° 0' E | |
| region | Lunae Palus Gradfeld | |
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| Named after | the word "planet" in Sesotho , the language of Lesotho | |
Nanedi Valles is a large valley on Mars in the Lunae Palus Gradfeld.
It has a length of 508 km and was named after the word "planet" in Sesotho , the language of Lesotho . The valley is located between the Shalbatana Vallis and the upper Maja Valles , at the northern end it is about 4 km wide. The shape is similar to the Nirgal Vallis , curvy with few foothills. In contrast to many other Marstal valleys, individual canal structures can be seen at the bottom of the valley.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nanedi Valles in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- ↑ Baker, V. 1982. The Channels of Mars. University of Texas Press. Austin
- ↑ Malin, MC, and Carr, MH (1999), Groundwater formation of martian valleys, Nature, 397, 589-592
Web links
- DLR: The Nanedi Valles valley system in the Xanthe highlands April 24, 2006