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n. - A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.

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  • It's an area of sweeping sands backed by green farmland, fertile vales and forests.
  • To add to the confusion, the word "vale" is used to mean a dozen things in Spain, including good, ok, yes, etc.
  • And in the midst of the vale is a little river that men clepe TORRENS
  • The vale is a wide one, and on the north-east side are high fells, Cross Fell among others.
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