Yorkshire Dales are beautiful valleys chiefly in North Yorkshire, England. Important dales, named after rivers that flow through them, include Nidderdale, Ribblesdale, Swaledale, and Wharfedale. Wensleydale is named after Wensley village. The Yorkshire Dales cover about 1,930 square miles (5,000 square kilometers). About one-third of the area is a national park. The area has mountains, moors, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, woodland, and grass-covered, rolling hills. The highest single waterfall in England is at Hardraw Scaur, at the top of Wensleydale. It is 98 feet (30 meters) high.
