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|name = Ganges Chasma<br />
|image = [[Image:Ganges Chasma (Themis Day).png|200px]]<br />
|caption = Ganges Chasma, as seen by [[Thermal Emission Imaging System|THEMIS]].<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|8.0|S|48.1|W|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
|length = 584.0 km<br />
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'''Ganges Chasma''' is a deep [[canyon]] at the eastern end of the vast [[Valles Marineris]] system on [[Mars]], an offshoot of [[Capri Chasma]], and is in the [[Coprates quadrangle]]. It is named after the [[River Ganges]] in South Asia. Ganges Chasma is thought to have formed through a series of catastrophic discharges of water and CO<sub>2</sub> from chaos terrains such as that preserved in Ganges Chaos at its southern margin.<ref name="RodriguezKargel2006">{{cite journal|last1=Rodriguez|first1=J. A. P.|last2=Kargel|first2=J.|last3=Crown|first3=D. A.|last4=Bleamaster|first4=L. F.|last5=Tanaka|first5=K. L.|last6=Baker|first6=V.|last7=Miyamoto|first7=H.|last8=Dohm|first8=J. M.|last9=Sasaki|first9=S.|last10=Komatsu|first10=G.|title=Headward growth of chasmata by volatile outbursts, collapse, and drainage: Evidence from Ganges chaos, Mars|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=33|issue=18|date=September 2006|pages=n/a|issn=0094-8276|doi=10.1029/2006GL026275|bibcode=2006GeoRL..3318203R|doi-access=|s2cid=129289415 }}</ref> Most of the evidence for these discharges and the ensuing collapses is believed to have been washed away.<ref name="RodriguezKargel2006"/> Prior to developing an outlet that joined it to Capri Chasma and the connected [[outflow channels]] to its east, Ganges Chasma may at some point in the [[Noachian]] period have contained a lake which drained northward through partially subsurface pathways into [[Shalbatana Vallis]].<ref name="Rodriguez2003">{{cite journal|last1=Rodriguez|first1=J. A. P.|last2=Sasaki|first2=S.|last3=Miyamoto|first3=H.|title=Nature and hydrological relevance of the Shalbatana complex underground cavernous system|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=30|issue=6|year=2003|page=1304|issn=0094-8276|doi=10.1029/2002GL016547|bibcode=2003GeoRL..30.1304R|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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File:Xantheterra6.jpg|Map of Xanthe Terra that shows location of Ganges Chasma and other major features<br />
Image:Ganges Chasma.JPG|Cliff in northern wall of Ganges Chasma, as seen by [[Thermal Emission Imaging System|THEMIS]]. Click on image to see relationship with other features in the Coprates region.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Chasma]]<br />
* [[Climate on Mars]]<br />
* [[Geology of Mars]]<br />
* [[Outflow channels]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Coprates quadrangle]]<br />
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