{{Short description|Valles on Mars}} {{Infobox feature on celestial object |name = Nanedi Valles |image = [[Image:Nanedi Valles.jpg|200px]] |caption = The Nanedi Valleys, as seen by THEMIS (click on image to see more detail) |coordinates = {{coord|4.9|N|49.0|W|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} }} The '''Nanedi Valles''' are a set of channels in a large valley in the [[Lunae Palus quadrangle]] of [[Mars]], located at 4.9° N and 49.0° W. They are 508&nbsp;km long and were named for the word for "planet" in [[Sesotho]], the national language of [[Lesotho]], Africa.<ref>{{gpn|4136}}</ref>

The Nanedi Valles are located between [[Shalbatana Vallis]] and the upper [[Maja Valles]]. They are 4&nbsp;km wide at their northern end. Their valley's shape is similar to that of [[Nirgal Vallis]], being very sinuous and having only a few short branches.<ref>Baker, V. 1982. The Channels of Mars. University of Texas Press. Austin</ref>

Unusually for Martian valleys, the individual channel structures within the wider valley floors can occasionally be seen in this system.<ref>Malin, M.C., and Carr, M.H. (1999), Groundwater formation of martian valleys, Nature, 397, 589-592</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery class="center" widths="190px" heights="180px" > Image: Nanedivalles.gif|Wide view of the Nanedi Valles, as seen by Viking 1 Orbiter File:Nanedivallesmoc.gif|Close view of the Nanedi Valles, as seen by Mars Global Surveyor (enlargement of the previous image). Arrow points to a small channel that formed after the main valley. Image:Nanedi Valles Close-up.JPG|Close-up of the Nanedi Valles, as seen by THEMIS (click on image to see more detail) File:ESP 054820 1835nanedi.jpg|Section of the Nanedi Valles, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program File:ESP 084835 1860 channels nanedi.jpg|Portion of Nanedi Valles, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program Colored strip is about 1 Km across. </gallery>

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==External links== *{{APOD |date=5 February 1998|title=A Martian River Bed}}

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