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Which planet has the largest known canyon?

Quick Answer

Mars has the largest known canyon system in the Solar System: Valles Marineris. It stretches about 4,000 km and is up to 7 km deep.

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Valles Marineris on Mars is the biggest canyon system known in the Solar System. It runs for roughly 4,000 kilometers, which is about one-fifth of Mars’s circumference. In some places it reaches around 7 kilometers in depth, far larger than Earth’s Grand Canyon. The feature was named in the 1970s after the Mariner 9 spacecraft, which first revealed its enormous scale.

Key Facts

1.Length about 4,000 km
2.Depth up to about 7 km
3.Named after Mariner 9

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