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Mars Features Matching Game

Term    Description

Catena, catenae.    Chain of craters

Cavus, cavi.    Hollows, irregular steep-sided depressions usually in arrays or clusters

Chaos.    Distinctive area of broken terrain

Chasma, chasmata.    A deep, elongated, steep-sided depression

Colles.    Small hills or knobs

Crater, craters.    A circular depression

Dorsum, dorsa.    Ridge

Fossa, fossae.    Long, narrow, shallow depression

Mensa, mensae.    A flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges

Mons, montes.    Mountain

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