The Nanedi Valles are a set of channels in a large valley in the Lunae Palus quadrangle of Mars , located at 4.9° N and 49.0° W. They are 508 km long and were named for the word for "planet" in Sesotho , the national language of Lesotho , Africa.
3-417: The Nanedi Valles are located between Shalbatana Vallis and the upper Maja Valles . They are 4 km wide at their northern end. Their valley's shape is similar to that of Nirgal Vallis , being very sinuous and having only a few short branches. Unusually for Martian valleys, the individual channel structures within the wider valley floors can occasionally be seen in this system. This article about
6-407: The first definitive evidence of a Martian shoreline. This shoreline was part of an ancient lake 80 square miles (210 km ) in size and 1,500 feet (460 m) deep. The study carried out with HiRISE images indicates that water formed a 30 miles (48 km) long canyon that opened up into a valley, deposited sediment, and created a delta. This delta and others around the basin imply the existence of
9-575: The planet Mars or its moons is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shalbatana Vallis Shalbatana Vallis is an ancient water-worn channel on Mars , located in the Oxia Palus quadrangle at 7.8° north latitude and 42.1° west longitude. It is the westernmost of the southern Chryse outflow channels . Beginning in a zone of chaotic terrain, at 0° latitude and 46° W longitude, it ends in Chryse Planitia . Shalbatana Vallis contains
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