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Virginia Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Virginia
Physical Features
Arches 2
Areas 14
Bars 78
Basins 57
Bays 329
Beaches 31
Bends 61
Capes 794
Cliffs 62
Craters 1
Falls 40
Flats 61
Forests 15
Gaps 485
Guts 142
Islands 299
Lakes 107
Pillars 30
Ranges 45
Rapids 2
Ridges 720
Slopes 1
Springs 143
Streams 7,545
Summits 1,902
Swamps 141
Valleys 1,274
Woods 9
Virginia
Cultural Features
Airports 459
Bridges 304
Buildings 4,324
Canals 59
Cemeteries 4,885
Channels 146
Churches 8,235
Civil 849
Crossings 486
Dams 1,450
Harbors 78
Hospitals 237
Levees 2
Locales 3,799
Mines 43
Parks 1,191
Post Offices 491
Reserves 19
Reservoirs 1,420
Schools 3,796
Towers 448
Trails 389
Tunnels 65
Virginia Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 12
Bars 1
Bends 2
Bridges 18
Buildings 46
Canals 1
Capes 1
Cemeteries 17
Channels 1
Churches 343
Civil 31
Crossings 66
Dams 8
Falls 2
Harbors 1
Hospitals 24
Islands 12
Lakes 2
Locales 345
Military (Historical) 102
Parks 4
Populated Places 273
Post Offices 60
Reservoirs 16
Schools 1,819
Streams 4
Swamps 3
Towers 1
Tunnels 2

Virginia's National
Historic Landmarks
118
  • 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.