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Minnesota Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Minnesota
Physical Features
Arches 1
Areas 4
Bars 12
Basins 3
Bays 330
Beaches 2
Bends 9
Capes 283
Cliffs 18
Falls 44
Flats 94
Forests 68
Gaps 5
Guts 60
Islands 575
Lakes 8,736
Pillars 5
Ranges 9
Rapids 22
Ridges 33
Springs 10
Streams 2,006
Summits 104
Swamps 188
Valleys 81
Minnesota
Cultural Features
Airports 529
Bridges 63
Buildings 2,160
Canals 1,454
Cemeteries 3,777
Channels 57
Churches 5,109
Civil 2,788
Crossings 310
Dams 882
Harbors 5
Hospitals 860
Levees 9
Locales 2,420
Mines 190
Parks 3,563
Post Offices 775
Reserves 6
Reservoirs 706
Schools 3,656
Towers 476
Trails 116
Tunnels 2
Minnesota Historical
Features/Landmarks
Cemeteries 22
Churches 12
Civil 45
Crossings 1
Dams 3
Lakes 3
Locales 432
Military (Historical) 9
Populated Places 15
Post Offices 1,159
Reservoirs 2
Schools 374

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.