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What Is the Moon’s Landscape Like and What Other Features Does the Surface of the Moon Have Besides Craters?

April 5, 2020 by Karen Hill

The Moon’s surface has highlands and lowlands just like earth.

The main feature on the Moon’s surface are the hundreds of thousands of craters, or the remnants of craters, found in both regions, some with crater rays of ejected lunar material emanating out from their edges.

Besides craters, there are mountains, mares, rills, and domes.

The South Pole-Aitken basin is the largest, deepest and oldest basin recognized on the Moon.

At about 2,240 km in diameter, it is also the largest known crater in the Solar System.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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