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Minnesota Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Minnesota
Physical Features
Arches 1
Areas 3
Bars 12
Basins 3
Bays 326
Beaches 2
Bends 9
Capes 283
Cliffs 18
Falls 44
Flats 94
Forests 68
Gaps 5
Guts 43
Islands 576
Lakes 8,782
Pillars 5
Plains 1
Ranges 9
Rapids 22
Ridges 33
Springs 10
Streams 1,997
Summits 104
Swamps 151
Valleys 81
Minnesota
Cultural Features
Airports 570
Bridges 63
Buildings 2,797
Canals 1,454
Cemeteries 3,705
Channels 57
Churches 5,112
Civil 2,787
Crossings 310
Dams 882
Harbors 5
Hospitals 868
Levees 9
Locales 2,616
Mines 193
Parks 3,562
Post Offices 774
Reserves 6
Reservoirs 702
Schools 3,654
Towers 476
Trails 116
Tunnels 2
Minnesota Historical
Features/Landmarks
Buildings 4
Cemeteries 22
Churches 12
Civil 55
Crossings 1
Dams 3
Lakes 3
Locales 434
Military (Historical) 9
Populated Places 17
Post Offices 1,159
Reservoirs 2
Schools 397

Minnesota's National
Historic Landmarks
22
  • 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.