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New Mexico Physical, Cultural & Historical Features

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New Mexico
Physical Features
Arches 32
Areas 183
Arroyos 235
Bars 1
Basins 86
Bays 1
Beaches 1
Benches 55
Bends 17
Capes 25
Cliffs 64
Craters 7
Falls 13
Flats 229
Forests 40
Gaps 177
Islands 8
Lakes 791
Pillars 48
Plains 7
Ranges 168
Rapids 19
Ridges 295
Slopes 7
Springs 2,551
Streams 2,008
Summits 2,506
Swamps 14
Valleys 5,214
Woods 1
New Mexico
Cultural Features
Airports 211
Bridges 28
Buildings 1,903
Canals 595
Cemeteries 606
Channels 4
Churches 1,713
Civil 530
Crossings 41
Dams 510
Hospitals 116
Levees 5
Locales 6,566
Mines 3,654
Oilfields 147
Parks 388
Post Offices 309
Reserves 34
Reservoirs 5,920
Schools 1,123
Towers 229
Trails 515
Tunnels 17
Wells 11,936
New Mexico Historical
Features/Landmarks
Airports 3
Buildings 10
Churches 3
Civil 4
Dams 2
Falls 1
Hospitals 4
Lakes 1
Locales 107
Military (Historical) 23
Mines 21
Parks 1
Populated Places 125
Post Offices 474
Reservoirs 10
Schools 14
Springs 3
Streams 1
Summits 2
Tunnels 2
Valleys 1
Wells 3

New Mexico's National
Historic Landmarks
45
  • 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.