In this
simulation the initial large-scale relief is flat, so that fluvial incision of
inter-crater plains is modest. Notice that during the final stages of
infilling of craters on basin floors incised valleys sometimes develop rapidly
and extend onto the basin floor, and then disappear just as rapidly as the
crater is infilled. Notice also that valley systems are often short-lived,
particularly those that arise due to divide breaching between adjacent
basins. Continuing impact cratering can sometimes bisect or obliterate
valley systems.
