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Mare Vaporum

[ vey-pawr-uhm, -pohr- ]

noun

  1. ( Sea of Vapors ) a dark plain in the first quadrant and near the center of the face of the moon: about 39,000 sq. mi. (101,000 sq. km).

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South of the Mare Vaporum are found some of the most notable of those strange lunar features that are called "clefts" or "rills."

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