Other valleys appear to be the result of water that flowed underground and sometimes caused the ground to collapse and sediment to be transported away. The presence of this channel suggests that the valley might have been carved by water that flowed through this system for an extended period of time. In other words, instead of a massive, catastrophic flood, this valley might have been incised in a manner similar to rivers on Earth. MOC image 8704 was taken on January 8, 1998. The image is centered on 5.1 N latitude and 48.26 W longitude.
North is approximately up, illumination is from the left.
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