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Template:MarsGeo Ravi Vallis is an ancient outflow channel, which radiates from the Aromatum Chaos depression, in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region on Mars, located at 0.2° S and 40.7 W°. It is 205.5 km long and was named after the Ravi River, an ancient Pakistani River.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Planetary Names: Welcome".
  2. ^ Leask, H. J., L. Wilson, and K. L. Mitchell (2006), Formation of Ravi Vallis outflow channel, Mars: Morphological development, water discharge, and duration estimates, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E08070, doi:10.1029/2005JE002550.
  3. ^ "A Flash In the Valley".
  4. ^ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/pdf/1151.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/pdf/1544.pdf
  6. ^ Leask, H. J., L. Wilson, and K. L. Mitchell (2006), Formation of Aromatum Chaos, Mars: Morphological development as a result of volcano-ice interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E08071, doi:10.1029/2005JE002549.