Physical are like rivers, lakes , oceans and mountains
And human made /cultural features are like dams, buildings , canals stuff that aren't naturally here
From the lower plate which melts in the earths mantle.
The main reason why Earth is warmer at the equator than at the North and South Poles are thats where the sunlight shines at a lot of times. The sunlight never really shines directly at the North and South Poles like it does with the equator.
These are called Subduction zones.
