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Single linear feature on Titan.
A type of fluvial valley on Titan.
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Single valleys are found in radar-dark featureless plains in all latitudes except for the polar regions. They have straight course with only few branches (Fig. 1). Meanders and braiding are seldom seen, and deltas or terminal deposits are not seen. Channel bends are angular (Langhans et al. 2012).
Elongated valleys (arrows) (Langhans et al. 2012). T7 RADAR-SAR swath centered at 56°S 12°W (NASA/JPL/Cassini RADAR team)
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Langhans MH, Jaumann R, Stephan K et al (2012) Titan’s Fluvial valleys: morphology, distribution, and spectral properties. Planet Space Sci 60:34–51
Le Gall A, Janssen MA, Paillou P, Lorenz RD, Wall SD, Cassini RADAR team (2010) Radar-bright channels on Titan. Icarus 207:948–958
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Hargitai, H. (2014). Valley (Single, Titan). In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_390-1
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