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Amazonian epoch

Amazonian epoch proper noun: the most recent of the Martian geologic epochs, from approximately 1.8 billion (1800 million) years ago (the end of the Hesperian epoch) to the present.

Proper noun

the Amazonian epoch

  1. The most recent of the Martian geologic epochs, from approximately 1.8 billion (1800 million) years ago (the end of the Hesperian epoch) to the present.

Origin of Amazonian epoch

Named for Amazonis Planitia.

Questions about Amazonian epoch

What does Amazonian epoch mean?
Amazonian epoch means the most recent of the Martian geologic epochs, from approximately 1.8 billion (1800 million) years ago (the end of the Hesperian epoch) to the present.
What part of speech is Amazonian epoch?
Amazonian epoch is a proper noun.

Words near Amazonian epoch in the dictionary

  1. amazoness
  2. Amazonia
  3. amazonian
  4. Amazonian antshrike
  5. Amazonian antshrikes
  6. Amazonian epoch
  7. Amazonian giant centipede
  8. Amazonian giant centipedes
  9. Amazonianist
  10. Amazonianists
  11. Amazonians

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