Physiographic Divisions of Illinois

This data set records information about the Physiographic divisions of Illinois. The data set was digitized so that it could be included as an inset map on the 'Shaded Relief Map of Illinois', ISGS OFS 1995-6, reissued as IMAP 6. The Physiographic divisions of Illinois are divided into the following: Provinces, Sections, and Divisions (listed below). Scale is 1:3,00,000 to 1:3,100,000. Central Lowland Province Ozark Plateaus Province Interior Low Plateaus Province Coastal Plain Province Wisconsin Driftless Section Great Lake Section Till Plains Section Dissected Till Plains Section Lincoln Hills Section Salem Plateau Section Shawnee Hills Section Rock River Hill Country Wheaton Morainal Chicago Lake Plain Green River Lowland Kankakee Plain Galesburg Plain Bloomington Ridged Plain Springfield Plain Mt. Vernon Hill Country The provinces, sections, and divisions are 'labeled' with annotation as most of the areas are not closed polygons (within Illinois). To best display the annotation, the ESRI included textset font.txt should be used with the ARCPLOT ANNOTEXT command.