13.6: Key Terms

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    highlands
    the lighter, heavily cratered regions of the Moon, which are generally several kilometers higher than the maria
    mare
    (plural: maria) Latin for “sea;” the name applied to the dark, relatively smooth features that cover 17% of the Moon’s surface

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