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Physiographic provinces of Illinois

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Physiography is the study of the creation and gradual change of land surface forms (the landscape). Thus, the land surface as we see it today in each of the physiographic provinces has had a particular history of development.

Driftless Area
Wisconsinan Moraines
Illinoian Till Plain
Mississippi River
Wabash River
Shawnee Hills
Ohio River