Vale 356699 211599396 2008-05-11T04:51:09Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[fr:Vales]], [[pt:Vales]] {{dablink|For the cartoon character see [[Brotown]].}} {{dablink|For the English football team see [[Port Vale F.C.]].}} {{dablink|For the Brazilian mining company see [[Vale (mining company)]].}} 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]] {{disambig}} [[fr:Vales]] [[pt:Vales]] [[ro:Vale (dezambiguizare)]]