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Tennessee Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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Tennessee
Physical Features
Arches 5
Areas 17
Bars 337
Basins 81
Bays 84
Beaches 3
Benches 5
Bends 369
Capes 153
Cliffs 270
Falls 75
Flats 115
Forests 21
Gaps 825
Guts 40
Islands 339
Lakes 375
Pillars 44
Plains 3
Ranges 29
Rapids 51
Ridges 1,363
Springs 1,089
Streams 10,185
Summits 1,913
Swamps 40
Valleys 5,041
Woods 6
Tennessee
Cultural Features
Airports 278
Bridges 283
Buildings 2,622
Canals 63
Cemeteries 12,460
Channels 16
Churches 9,486
Civil 1,285
Crossings 528
Dams 861
Harbors 6
Hospitals 276
Levees 62
Locales 2,331
Mines 893
Oilfields 7
Parks 943
Post Offices 427
Reserves 13
Reservoirs 1,004
Schools 3,324
Towers 418
Trails 194
Tunnels 23
Wells 1
Tennessee Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 4
Beaches 2
Bends 8
Bridges 30
Buildings 15
Canals 1
Cemeteries 34
Churches 706
Civil 208
Crossings 272
Dams 17
Flats 2
Guts 3
Hospitals 24
Islands 123
Lakes 41
Levees 3
Locales 838
Military (Historical) 78
Mines 1
Parks 3
Populated Places 651
Post Offices 33
Rapids 1
Reservoirs 3
Schools 3,019
Springs 1
Streams 15
Swamps 3
Towers 2
Valleys 1

Tennessee's National
Historic Landmarks
28
  • 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.