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Echus Chasma

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Length
  
100 km

Depth
  
4 km

Width
  
10 km

Echus Chasma

Echus Chasma is a chasma in the Lunae Planum high plateau north of the Valles Marineris canyon system of Mars. Clay has been found within it, meaning that water once sat there for a time.

Geography

Echus Chasma is approximately 100 km long and 10 km wide, with valleys ranging in depth from around 1 km to 4 km. It is the source region of the Kasei Valles outflow channel, which extends northward from it. It is situated just west of Hebes Chasma, to which it does not connect.

References

Echus Chasma Wikipedia