Vid Flumina

Vid Flumina
EtymologyFrom the Við or Vimur River from Norse Mythology
Location
MoonTitan
Physical characteristics
MouthLigeia Mare
Length>400 km
Discharge 
  average40 m3/s (2013, predicted):629
Basin features
DiscovererCassini

Vid Flumina is a river system (termed Flumen) of liquid methane and ethane on Saturn's moon Titan. It is more than 400 km (249 mi) long and flows into Titan's second largest hydrocarbon sea, Ligeia Mare. The surface of Titan is mostly water ice, so Vid Flumina is a river of methane and ethane flowing across and cutting canyons into ice as though it were bedrock. NASA scientists think that it likely has rapids, whirlpools and falls, just like rivers on Earth.