Located in Xanthe Terra, Nanendi Valles is 508 kilometers in length and the name comes from the word for “planet” in Sesotho, the national language of Lesotho, Africa.
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With this image, we can cross-dating the relative age of the impact with that of the valley system, as well as learning more about the fluvial and morphology characteristics of area.
Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_040500_1825
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