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The absence of indications of mature lunar river systems is predicted by the scaling of river dimensions from the Earth to the Moon.
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GILVARRY, J. Geometric and Physical Scaling of River Dimensions on the Earth and Moon. Nature 221, 533–537 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221533a0
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