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New York Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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New York
Physical Features
Arches 2
Areas 16
Bars 203
Basins 23
Bays 609
Beaches 138
Benches 13
Bends 16
Capes 878
Cliffs 76
Falls 168
Flats 88
Forests 66
Gaps 53
Guts 26
Islands 890
Isthmuses 1
Lakes 3,334
Pillars 29
Ranges 29
Rapids 21
Ridges 156
Springs 23
Streams 4,573
Summits 3,482
Swamps 418
Valleys 723
Woods 16
New York
Cultural Features
Airports 628
Bridges 432
Buildings 7,152
Canals 116
Cemeteries 4,866
Channels 188
Churches 8,792
Civil 1,629
Crossings 375
Dams 80
Harbors 93
Hospitals 544
Levees 5
Locales 5,547
Mines 119
Oilfields 2
Parks 3,034
Post Offices 1,198
Reserves 2
Reservoirs 697
Schools 7,231
Towers 593
Trails 91
Tunnels 5
Wells 3
New York Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 52
Areas 8
Bays 2
Bridges 9
Buildings 778
Canals 2
Capes 3
Cemeteries 11
Channels 2
Churches 262
Civil 2
Crossings 2
Dams 1
Falls 3
Flats 1
Hospitals 92
Islands 20
Lakes 3
Locales 389
Military (Historical) 188
Mines 4
Parks 24
Plains 1
Populated Places 38
Post Offices 2
Rapids 5
Reservoirs 14
Schools 3,631
Streams 1
Swamps 2
Towers 2

New York's National
Historic Landmarks
258
  • 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.