The Maumee Valles are a set of channels in an ancient river valley in the

Lunae Palus quadrangle The Lunae Palus quadrangle is one of a series of list of quadrangles on Mars, 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The quadrangle (geography), quadrangle is also referred to ...

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...

, located at 19.7° N and 53.2° W. They are long and were named after a North American river in Indiana and Ohio. Together with other ancient river valleys, they have provided strong evidence for a great deal of running water on the surface of Mars.Moore, P. et al. 1990. The Atlas of the Solar System. Mitchell Beazley Publishers NY, NY. Image:Kasei Valles topolabled.JPG, Area around the Northern Kasei Valles, showing relationships among

Bahram Vallis Bahram Vallis is an ancient river valley in the Lunae Palus quadrangle of Mars at 20.7° north latitude and 57.5° west longitude. It is about 302 km long and was named after the word for 'Mars' in Persian. Bahram Vallis is located midway b ...

and the

Kasei Valles The Kasei Valles are a giant system of canyons in Mare Acidalium and Lunae Palus quadrangles on Mars, centered at 24.6° north latitude and 65.0° west longitude. They are long and were named for the word for "Mars" in Japanese. This is one ...

Vedra Valles The Vedra Valles are a set of channels in an ancient river valley in the Lunae Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 19.4° N and 55.6° W. They are 115 km long and were named after an ancient river in Great Britain. Together with other ancient ...

, Maumee Valles, and

Maja Valles The Maja Valles are a large system of ancient outflow channels in the Lunae Palus quadrangle on Mars. About Their location is 12.6° north latitude and 58.3° west longitude. The name is a Nepali word for "Mars". The Maja Valles begin at Juv ...

. Map location is in

and includes parts of Lunae Planum and

Chryse Planitia Chryse Planitia (Greek, "''Golden Plain''") is a smooth circular plain in the northern equatorial region of Mars close to the Tharsis region to the west, centered at . Chryse Planitia lies partially in the Lunae Palus quadrangle, partially in t ...

. Vallesmaumeevedrabox.jpg, Map showing relative positions of several channel systems in Lunae Palus quadrangle, including the Vedra Valles, Maumee Valles, and Maja Valles. Box indicates where these valleys can be found. Colors show elevation.

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