Mare Imbrium

[ im-bree-uhm ]

noun

1. ( Sea of Showers ) a dark plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 340,000 sq. mi. (880,000 sq. km).

Example Sentences

It is about fifty-six miles across, and its interior falls to a depth of 8,000 feet below the Mare Imbrium.

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The Mare Imbrium, covering 340,000 square miles, is sparingly dotted over with craters.

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The Mare Imbrium, according to this view, has been the seat of a collision to which the surrounding lunar scenery is due.

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The northern slopes of the Carpathians sink rapidly towards the shores of the vast Mare Imbrium.

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We came to the ledge with the plains of the Mare Imbrium stretching out beneath us.

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