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Missouri Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Missouri
Physical Features
Arches 31
Areas 108
Bars 23
Basins 35
Bays 80
Beaches 2
Bends 180
Capes 51
Cliffs 200
Falls 6
Flats 19
Forests 66
Gaps 29
Guts 40
Islands 158
Lakes 408
Pillars 8
Plains 4
Ranges 31
Rapids 12
Ridges 261
Slopes 3
Springs 564
Streams 5,315
Summits 585
Swamps 24
Valleys 2,811
Woods 5
Missouri
Cultural Features
Airports 590
Bridges 158
Buildings 2,057
Canals 289
Cemeteries 5,741
Channels 21
Churches 4,517
Civil 2,484
Crossings 290
Dams 3,622
Hospitals 230
Levees 19
Locales 1,691
Mines 321
Oilfields 1
Parks 767
Post Offices 212
Reserves 11
Reservoirs 2,271
Schools 4,762
Towers 443
Trails 35
Tunnels 3
Wells 3
Missouri Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 20
Arches 1
Areas 1
Bars 1
Basins 1
Bays 3
Bends 4
Bridges 14
Buildings 41
Canals 2
Capes 2
Cemeteries 24
Churches 517
Civil 42
Crossings 22
Dams 11
Flats 1
Guts 6
Hospitals 7
Islands 14
Lakes 60
Levees 4
Locales 561
Military (Historical) 17
Mines 26
Parks 8
Populated Places 326
Post Offices 95
Reservoirs 18
Ridges 1
Schools 5,646
Springs 4
Streams 4
Summits 1
Swamps 5
Towers 9
Wells 1

Missouri's National
Historic Landmarks
35
  • 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.