Xanthe Terra is a large area on Mars , centered just north of the Martian equator. Its coordinates are 3°N 312°E / 3°N 312°E / 3; 312 and its diameter is 1867.65 km. Its name means "golden-yellow land." It is in the Lunae Palus quadrangle , the Coprates quadrangle , the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle , and the Oxia Palus quadrangle .
5-648: Ravi Vallis , Aromatum Chaos , Ophir, Ganges Chasma , Nanedi Valles , Shalbatana Vallis , Orson Welles Crater , Mutch Crater, and Da Vinci Crater are some major features in Xanthe Terra. Images from Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed ancient river valleys and deltas. The deltas show many thin layers just as deltas on Earth. Scientists speculate that features in Xanthe Terra show evidence of precipitation on early Mars. This article about
10-542: Is 205.5 km (127.7 mi) long, and starts at the northeastern end of the Aromatum Chaos depression. The channel is orientated in an easterly direction, and further down channel, Ravi Vallis divides into two; a larger northern channel, and a smaller southern channel, and is finally truncated by a fault which is located at the western margin of the Hydraotes Chaos depression. Ravi Vallis was named after
15-468: The Ravi River, an ancient Indian river. The Ravi Vallis outflow channel and neighboring deep depression at Aromatum Chaos , are thought to have been caused by volcano-ice interactions underneath the surface, which pierced an underground aquifer . This released large amounts of water, causing a catastrophic flood event, with an estimated speed of between 10 and 25 m s . The discharge rates from
20-632: The Ravi Vallis outflow channel are thought to have ranged from a maximum of ~30 × 10 m s after the beginning of the flood event, to below 10 × 10 m s in its later stages. The flood event is thought to have lasted between 2 and 10 weeks, with an estimated minimum total water volume of somewhere in the range of 11,000 to 65,000 km . Intermittent volcanism and related flood events like that which occurred at Ravi Vallis, are known to have occurred in other regions of Mars, such as at Kasei Valles , and Mangala Valles . This article about
25-772: The planet Mars or its moons is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an extraterrestrial geological feature is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ravi Vallis Ravi Vallis is an ancient outflow channel , the source of which originates from the Aromatum Chaos depression, and is situated at the eastern end of Xanthe Terra, in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of Mars , located at 0°12′S 40°42′W / 0.2°S 40.7°W / -0.2; -40.7 . The Ravi Vallis outflow channel
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