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Illinois Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Illinois
Physical Features
Arches 6
Areas 16
Bars 21
Basins 17
Bays 40
Beaches 28
Bends 26
Capes 25
Cliffs 41
Falls 4
Flats 36
Forests 50
Gaps 2
Guts 99
Islands 323
Lakes 853
Pillars 3
Plains 2
Ranges 6
Rapids 3
Ridges 53
Springs 39
Streams 2,735
Summits 221
Swamps 47
Valleys 240
Woods 153
Illinois
Cultural Features
Airports 1,159
Bridges 158
Buildings 4,809
Canals 283
Cemeteries 6,713
Channels 27
Churches 8,702
Civil 3,108
Crossings 541
Dams 1,006
Harbors 7
Hospitals 375
Levees 11
Locales 2,656
Mines 443
Oilfields 144
Parks 4,179
Post Offices 543
Reserves 15
Reservoirs 1,116
Schools 6,377
Towers 487
Trails 45
Wells 2
Illinois Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 19
Areas 2
Beaches 2
Bridges 20
Buildings 105
Canals 3
Cemeteries 7
Churches 470
Civil 42
Crossings 13
Dams 6
Flats 1
Forests 1
Harbors 1
Hospitals 51
Islands 5
Lakes 73
Locales 185
Military (Historical) 28
Mines 9
Parks 14
Populated Places 181
Post Offices 153
Reserves 1
Reservoirs 3
Schools 7,600
Streams 4
Swamps 3
Towers 1
Woods 22

Illinois's National
Historic Landmarks
82
  • Physical Features are the natural features of the Earth's surface.
  • Cultural Features are landscape features that were created or shaped by humans.
  • Historical Features are features that no longer exist on the landscape.