Albedo Catena Cavus Chaos Chasma Collis Crater Dorsum Fluctus Fossa Labes Labyrinthus Lacus Lingula Macula Mare Mensa Mons Palus Patera Planitia Planum Regio Rupes Scopulus Serpens Sinus Sulcus Terra Tholus Unda Vallis Vastitas
In planetary geology, a catena (plural catenae) is a chain of impact craters or an alignment of depressions without raised edges, formed by the collapse of the basement or roof of a lava tube.
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Cavus (plural cavi) means hollow, depression, bowl or concave. It designates irregular depressions with steep slopes whose origin is different from an impact crater.
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In geomorphology, a chaos (plural chaoses) — of boulders or balls — (or sea of felsenmeer boulders) refers to a pattern of boulders or boulders exposed by erosion./p>
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