Apr 24, 2026
What is the name of the largest canyon system on Mars, stretching roughly 4,000 km across the planet's surface?
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Valles Marineris is a vast canyon system on Mars stretching approximately 4,000 km in length, up to 200 km wide, and reaching depths of 7 km. It dwarfs Earth's Grand Canyon and is one of the largest known canyon systems in the solar system. The canyon is named after the Mariner 9 spacecraft, which first revealed it in detail in 1971.