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Landforms
From the Lake Michigan shoreline, inland for 8-10 miles, the land is generally flat.
From the Chicago suburbs, moving west toward the Iowa border, the land gradually rises into a hilly area in the far-northwest. The state's highest point, Charles Mound, at 1,235 ft., is located there.
The southern two-thirds of the state is rolling farmland, commonly called America's Corn Belt. This wide and fertile swath of land (hilly is some areas) stretches into the states of Iowa, Indiana and Missouri.
The Shawnee Hills region (a narrow strip of land) extends across the southern part of Illinois from Elizabethtown to the Missouri border. About 40 miles wide and 70 miles long, this hilly woodland rises to nearly 1,000 feet.
The state's most important river - the Mississippi - forms it's entire western border. Other rivers of note include the Illinois, Kaskaskia, Ohio and Wabash.
Major lakes, in addition to Lake Michigan, include the Carlyle, Rend, Shelbyville and Upper Peoria.
A closer look at the topography of Illinois is here!
Landforms of America here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
Land Statistics Land Area
(land) 55,584 sq miles
(water) 2,325 sq miles
(TOTAL) 57,909 sq miles
Land Area (all states)
here!
Horizontal Width 211 miles from the Indiana border near Danville, straight west to the Missouri border
Vertical Length 389 miles from the Wisconsin border directly north of Waukegan, south to Cairo on the state's southern border
Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering States (5) Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin
Counties (102) map here! County (largest by population) Cook 5,288,655
Geographic Center is located in Chestnut, 28 miles northeast of Springfield in Logan County
 Highest Point Charles Mound, at 1,235 ft.
 Lowest Point 279 ft. near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
Latitude and Longitude here!
Mean Elevation 611 ft.
Relative Location here!
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