Dale

In physical geography, a dale is an open valley. The name is particularly used in northen England where the term Fell is also commonplace for the mountains or hills that flank the dale.

See also:

• the Yorkshire Dales
• Dale (Middle-earth)
• The Dales: a BBC radio soap opera originally called Mrs Dale's Diary
• Some of Andre Norton's Witch World novels take place in the fictional Dale-lands of High Hallack