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Kentucky Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Kentucky
Physical Features
Arches 32
Areas 16
Bars 21
Basins 45
Bays 32
Benches 1
Bends 180
Capes 23
Cliffs 152
Falls 15
Flats 76
Forests 13
Gaps 263
Guts 34
Islands 104
Lakes 224
Pillars 30
Ranges 18
Rapids 3
Ridges 665
Springs 191
Streams 11,893
Summits 1,219
Swamps 21
Valleys 1,798
Woods 3
Kentucky
Cultural Features
Airports 224
Bridges 152
Buildings 1,528
Canals 62
Cemeteries 5,059
Channels 2
Churches 4,746
Civil 545
Crossings 101
Dams 83
Harbors 3
Hospitals 169
Levees 1
Locales 933
Mines 106
Oilfields 9
Parks 276
Post Offices 200
Reserves 3
Reservoirs 245
Schools 2,457
Towers 439
Trails 56
Tunnels 26
Wells 1
Kentucky Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 1
Bars 1
Bridges 20
Buildings 28
Cemeteries 16
Churches 284
Civil 13
Crossings 44
Dams 5
Flats 1
Gaps 1
Harbors 1
Hospitals 3
Islands 3
Locales 1,319
Military (Historical) 12
Mines 22
Oilfields 1
Parks 18
Populated Places 244
Post Offices 2,121
Reservoirs 4
Ridges 2
Schools 1,458
Springs 26
Summits 1
Towers 1
Tunnels 1
Valleys 5
Wells 4

Kentucky's National
Historic Landmarks
30
  • 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.