Rille

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  • n. A long, narrow depression in that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon.
    • Word Usage
    "The remnants of volcanic tubes on the moon whose roofs have capsized and a trench or valley is created is called a rille system, which is a groove or long narrow depression on the lunar surface."
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    mare    graben   
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    rima   
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