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Iowa Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Iowa
Physical Features
Arches 1
Areas 56
Bars 1
Bays 21
Beaches 49
Bends 45
Capes 41
Cliffs 15
Falls 1
Flats 3
Forests 19
Guts 13
Islands 99
Lakes 301
Pillars 4
Plains 2
Ranges 2
Ridges 7
Springs 12
Streams 2,089
Summits 27
Swamps 15
Valleys 70
Woods 1
Iowa
Cultural Features
Airports 397
Bridges 220
Buildings 4,210
Canals 303
Cemeteries 4,876
Channels 22
Churches 5,451
Civil 2,651
Crossings 193
Dams 115
Harbors 4
Hospitals 1,699
Levees 1
Locales 2,815
Mines 67
Oilfields 2
Parks 2,849
Post Offices 914
Reserves 3
Reservoirs 171
Schools 2,366
Towers 299
Trails 76
Tunnels 1
Iowa Historical
Features/Landmarks
Bridges 5
Buildings 8
Capes 1
Cemeteries 28
Churches 18
Civil 5
Hospitals 1
Lakes 38
Locales 969
Military (Historical) 11
Parks 6
Populated Places 142
Post Offices 2,278
Schools 205
Springs 1
Streams 1
Swamps 2

Iowa's National
Historic Landmarks
24
  • 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.