California Features & Landmarks
  (Physical, Cultural & Historical Features)

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California Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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California Physical Features Arches 21 Areas 289 Arroyos 2 Bars 270 Basins 514 Bays 418 Beaches 283 Benches 32 Bends 109 Capes 659 Cliffs 189 Craters 24 Falls 182 Flats 2,695 Forests 46 Gaps 674 Glaciers 20 Guts 214 Islands 516 Isthmuses 1 Lakes 2,615 Lava 16 Pillars 306 Plains 28 Ranges 363 Rapids 9 Ridges 1,763 Slopes 45 Springs 3,072 Streams 9,957 Summits 5,614 Swamps 96 Valleys 7,638 Woods 198

California Cultural Features Airports 981 Bridges 153 Buildings 5,264 Canals 2,295 Cemeteries 847 Channels 102 Churches 9,989 Civil 1,224 Crossings 1,486 Dams 1,456 Harbors 100 Hospitals 854 Levees 23 Locales 12,938 Mines 3,057 Oilfields 127 Parks 6,822 Post Offices 1,088 Reserves 144 Reservoirs 1,386 Schools 11,936 Towers 960 Trails 1,172 Tunnels 128 Wells 231

California Historical Features/Landmarks Airports 78 Bars 6 Bays 6 Bridges 8 Buildings 126 Canals 5 Capes 3 Cemeteries 2 Channels 1 Churches 145 Civil 12 Crossings 25 Dams 12 Flats 7 Gaps 1 Guts 3 Harbors 2 Hospitals 102 Islands 11 Lakes 30 Locales 877 Mines 10 Parks 19 Populated Places 1,279 Post Offices 350 Rapids 1 Reservoirs 11 Schools 1,020 Springs 2 Streams 2 Summits 3 Swamps 3 Towers 1 Trails 14 Tunnels 3 Valleys 1 Wells 7 Woods 1 California's National Historic Landmarks132

• 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.