VALE

In geography a 'vale' is a wide river valley, usually with a particularly wide flood plain or flat valley bottom. Vales commonly occur between the escarpment slopes of pairs of chalk downs, where the chalk dome has been eroded, exposing less resistant underlying rock, usually clay.

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List of vales

See also

List of vales

★ Blackmore Vale, Dorset, England

★ Castle Vale, Birmingham, England

★ Maida Vale, London, England

★ Trent Vale, Staffordshire, England

★ Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, England

★ Vale of Leven, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

★ Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England

★ Vale of Siddim (biblical)

★ Vale of York, Yorkshire, England

★ Vale of Pickering, Yorkshire, England

★ The Vale, Birmingham, England

★ Vale of Kashmir, India
Political divisions (towns, cities, districts, counties) named 'Vale' or containing 'Vale' in their names include:

★ United States of America

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★ Cedar Vale, Kansas

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★ Kenton Vale, Kentucky

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★ La Vale, Maryland

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★ Meadow Vale, Kentucky

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★ Montvale, New Jersey

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★ Northvale, New Jersey

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★ River Vale, New Jersey

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★ Union Vale, New York

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★ Vale, North Carolina

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★ Vale, Oregon

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★ (also note Vail, Colorado, spelled differently)

★ United Kingdom

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★ Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England

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★ Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, Wales

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★ Vale of Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Wales

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★ Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire England

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★ Vale Royal, Cheshire, North West England

★ Guernsey

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★ Vale, parish of Guernsey

★ Georgia

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★ Vale, Georgia

★ Romania

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★ Vale, a village in Aluniş Commune, Cluj County

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★ Vale, a village in Topliţa, Harghita County

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★ Vale, a village in Sălişte, Sibiu County

See also

★ Dale

★ List of landforms