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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 down]]s, where the chalk dome has been [[erosion|eroded]], exposing less [[Geological resistance|resistant]] underlying rock, usually [[clay]].
== List of vales ==
*[[Vale Tunnel]], [[Raytown, Missouri]]
*[[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]]
*[[Kashmir region|Vale of Kashmir]], [[India]]
Political divisions (towns, cities, districts, counties) named '''Vale''' or containing '''Vale''' in their names include:
*[[United States of America]]
**[[Cedar Vale, Kansas]]
**[[Kenton Vale, Kentucky]]
**[[La Vale, Maryland]]
**[[Meadow Vale, Kentucky]]
**[[Millvale, Pennsylvania]]
**[[Montvale, New Jersey]]
**[[Northvale, New Jersey]]
**[[River Vale, New Jersey]]
**[[Sunnyvale, California]]
**[[Swissvale, Pennsylvania]]
**[[Union Vale, New York]]
**[[Vale, North Carolina]]
**[[Vale, Oregon]]
**[[Vale Township, Butte County, South Dakota]]
**(also note [[Vail, Colorado]], spelled differently)
*[[United Kingdom]]
**[[Aylesbury Vale]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]
**[[Ebbw Vale]], [[Blaenau Gwent]], [[Wales]]
**[[Vale of Glamorgan]], [[Glamorgan]], [[Wales]]
**[[Vale of White Horse]], [[Oxfordshire]] [[England]]
**[[Vale Royal]], [[Cheshire]], [[North West England]]
*[[Guernsey]]
**[[Vale, Guernsey]], parish of [[Guernsey]]
*[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
**[[Vale, Georgia]]
*[[Romania]]
** [[Vale, Cluj]], a village in [[Aluniş, Cluj|Aluniş]] Commune, [[Cluj County]]
** [[Vale, Harghita]], a village in [[Topliţa]], [[Harghita County]]
** [[Vale, Sibiu]], a village in [[Sălişte]], [[Sibiu County]]
==See also==
*[[Valley]]
*[[Landform]]
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