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West Virginia Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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West Virginia
Physical Features
Areas 7
Bars 7
Basins 7
Bays 4
Beaches 1
Bends 40
Capes 16
Cliffs 15
Falls 16
Flats 47
Forests 13
Gaps 172
Islands 54
Lakes 19
Pillars 21
Ranges 13
Rapids 24
Ridges 719
Springs 954
Streams 8,662
Summits 1,020
Swamps 7
Valleys 1,013
Woods 1
West Virginia
Cultural Features
Airports 117
Bridges 460
Buildings 1,089
Canals 3
Cemeteries 3,521
Channels 4
Churches 3,863
Civil 524
Crossings 162
Dams 485
Hospitals 84
Locales 699
Mines 14
Oilfields 8
Parks 341
Post Offices 609
Reserves 6
Reservoirs 236
Schools 1,083
Towers 218
Trails 207
Tunnels 31
West Virginia Historical
Features/Landmarks
Bars 2
Bridges 7
Buildings 17
Cemeteries 1
Churches 180
Civil 31
Crossings 24
Dams 12
Hospitals 46
Islands 4
Locales 104
Military (Historical) 24
Mines 1
Parks 7
Populated Places 327
Post Offices 25
Reservoirs 2
Schools 3,554
Streams 1
Towers 1
Tunnels 2
Woods 1

West Virginia's National
Historic Landmarks
16
  • 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.