Eridania Lake
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Eridania Lake is a theorized ancient lake on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...

 with a surface area of roughly 1.1 million square kilometers. It is located at the source of the Ma'adim Vallis
Ma'adim Vallis
Ma'adim Vallis is one of the largest outflow channels on Mars, about 700 km long and significantly larger than Earth's Grand Canyon. It is over 20 km wide and 2 km deep in some places. It runs from a region of southern lowlands thought to have once contained a large group of lakes ...

 outflow channel. As Eridania Lake dried out in the late Noachian epoch it divided into a series of smaller lakes.
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