page_title: Lakes of Titan
section_title: Named lakes and seas
hierarchical_section_title: Lakes of Titan / Named lakes and seas
caption_attribution_description: English: Radar image of fluvial valleys in the north polar region of Saturn's moon Titan at about 78°N, 280°W. Kraken Mare is at lower left, and Ligeia Mare is at upper right. The original NASA image has been modified by cropping the margins, doubling the linear pixel density and sharpening. العربية: صورة رادارية للوديان النهرية في المنطقة القطبية الشمالية من لتيتان (أكبر أٌقمار زحل) عند حوالي 78 درجة شمالا، 280 درجة غربا. يقع بحر كراكين ماري في أسفل اليسار، ويقع بحر ليجيا ماري في أعلى اليمين. وقد تم تعديل صورة ناسا الأصلية عن طريق اقتصاص الهوامش، وتحسين جودة الصورة.
context_page_description: The lakes of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, are bodies of liquid ethane and methane that have been detected by the Cassini–Huygens space probe, and had been suspected long before. The large ones are known as maria and the small ones as lacūs.
context_section_description: Features labeled lacus are believed to be ethane/methane lakes, while features labeled lacuna are believed to be dry lake beds. Both are named after lakes on Earth.
  Features labeled sinus are bays within the lakes or seas. They are named after bays and fjords on Earth.
  Features labeled insula are islands within the body of liquid. They are named after mythical islands.
  Titanean maria (large hydrocarbon seas) are named after sea monsters in world mythology. The tables are up-to-date as of 2020.
caption: Intricate networks of channels drain into Kraken Mare (lower left) and Ligeia Mare (upper right).
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