dales
Yorkshire's green lowlands
Dales are broad valleys, especially in northern England.
The word appears most often in place names—the Yorkshire Dales, Coverdale, Wensleydale—where it describes the characteristic landscape of rolling hills and wide river valleys.
Outside these contexts, dale sounds literary or old-fashioned: Over hill and dale they wandered.
Narrow mountain valleys
- hollowsSunken areas, indentations
- valesHollows between hills
- lowlandsLow-elevation flat terrain
- basinsConcave water containers
hillsides · moors · fells · becks · streams · ridges · slopes · uplands
Visually pleasing, paintable
- panoramicOffering unobstructed wide view
- vistasWide, open views
- breathtakingAstonishingly beautiful or exciting
- rolling hillsGently rising, falling landscape
countryside · unspoiled · tranquil · serene · idyllic · beauty · landscape · viewpoints
Historic English county
- PenninesEnglish upland range
- EnglandLargest British country
- national parkProtected land for conservation
- WensleydaleEnglish cow's milk cheese
villages · market towns · heritage · northern England · conservation
Woolly farm animal
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- flocksAnimal groups together
- meadowsGrassland for grazing
- pasturesLand for grazing animals
farmland · drystone walls · barns · shepherds · livestock · cattle · lambs · ewes
Marked outdoor paths
- footpathsRoutes for pedestrians
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
boots · rucksacks · waymarkers · stiles · bridleways · routes · hillwalking · orienteering
glens
Narrow mountain valleys
basins · hillsides · moors · fells · becks · streams · ridges · slopes · uplands · peaks
picturesque
Visually pleasing, paintable
- panoramicOffering unobstructed wide view
- vistasWide, open views
- breathtakingAstonishingly beautiful or exciting
rolling hills · countryside · unspoiled · tranquil · serene · idyllic · beauty · landscape · viewpoints · horizons
Yorkshire
Historic English county
- PenninesEnglish upland range
- EnglandLargest British country
- national parkProtected land for conservation
Wensleydale · villages · market towns · heritage · northern England · conservation
sheep
Woolly farm animal
pastures · farmland · drystone walls · barns · shepherds · livestock · cattle · lambs · ewes · farming
trails
Marked outdoor paths
trekking · boots · rucksacks · waymarkers · stiles · bridleways · routes · hillwalking · orienteering · maps
- landformsmountain, cliff, volcano, mountain ridge, hill
- landscapesmountain, hills, landscape, scenery, vistas
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- valleyscanyon, vales, glens, vale, gulch
- countrysidefarmhouse, farm, barns, farmyard, barn
- hinterlandshinterland, hinterlands, backcountry, back country, backwoods
- Chip and DaleDisney's mischievous chipmunk pair
- Chip n DaleAnimated chipmunk pair
- Dale Earnhardt
- Dale Earnhardt Jr
- Dale Carnegie
- up hill and down daleAcross varied, difficult ground