Flumen (planetary geology)

Elivagar Flumina on Titan

Flumen /ˈfluːmɛn/ (plural flumina)[1] is the Latin word for river. It is used in planetary geology to name landform features on the Saturnian moon Titan.[2]

A flumen is a channel on Titan that may carry liquid (usually hydrocarbons, like methane and ethane). Systems of linear, channel-like features on Titan are called flumina. Examples include Vid Flumina, a river of liquid methane and ethane about 400 km long, and Elivagar Flumina, a network of river channels in the region around the Menrva Crater of Titan.[3]

  1. ^ flumen. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
  2. ^ Hargitai, Henrik (1 April 2014), "[Flumen], Flumina", Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms, New York: Springer, p. 1, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_167-1, ISBN 9781461492139
  3. ^ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union