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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 95
Islands 322
Lakes 851
Pillars 3
Plains 2
Ranges 6
Rapids 3
Ridges 53
Springs 39
Streams 2,732
Summits 221
Swamps 47
Valleys 240
Woods 153
Illinois
Cultural Features
Airports 1,160
Bridges 158
Buildings 4,814
Canals 283
Cemeteries 6,710
Channels 26
Churches 8,694
Civil 3,074
Crossings 540
Dams 1,008
Harbors 7
Hospitals 375
Levees 11
Locales 2,485
Mines 435
Oilfields 144
Parks 4,178
Post Offices 534
Reserves 15
Reservoirs 1,117
Schools 6,379
Towers 486
Trails 45
Wells 2
Illinois Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 18
Areas 2
Beaches 2
Bridges 20
Buildings 86
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 183
Military (Historical) 28
Mines 9
Parks 14
Populated Places 180
Post Offices 152
Reserves 1
Reservoirs 3
Schools 7,598
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.