stream morphology on mars

stream morphology on mars

you’re supposed to use google earth to look at streams on mars and answer the questions accordingly

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3. Apollinairis Mons
4. Describe the linear features that surround Apollinaris Mons; if there were stream channels, what type of drainage would this be?

There is a radical drainage that surrounds the Apollinaris Mons. This is mainly a radical drainage pattern as it is believed to have been curved by water. The Apollinaries Mons is surrounded by other very wide ridges that resembles terminal moraine. There is presence of another short depression which is filled with striated materials running down the slopes and cracks which are perpendicular to them. These materials looks like a melted glacier.

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