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Scientists Just Mapped 16 Massive Martian Rivers That Defy Geological Rules by Flowing Without Plate Tectonics (www.zmescience.com)
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[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

This is a pretty cool finding: river flow driven by water overflowing/breaching impact crater rims rather than driven by tectonics.