Canyon - Canyons On Other Planetary Bodies

Canyons On Other Planetary Bodies

  • Valles Marineris on Mars, the largest known canyon in the solar system
  • Ithaca Chasma on Saturn's moon Tethys

Venus has many craters and canyons on its surface. The troughs on the planet are part of a system of canyons that is more than 6 400 km long.

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