<descriptor thcode="1"><thesaurus thcode="1" name="Common geographic areas" scope="Names and identifiers of commonly-known geographic areas including oceans, continents, countries, states and provinces in North America, counties in the United States, USGS map quadrangles, and hydrologic units, nested and cross-referenced by overlap." creator="U.S. Geological Survey" rights="Public domain" edition="1.0" date="2002-03-21" codetype="alpha" prefix="geo" uri="http://www.usgs.gov/science/CommonGeographicAreas" tblname="geo" nonpref="geonp" relterm="geort" root_code="root" contact="pschweitzer"><category><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><term thcode="25" code="30" name="ambiguous labels" parent="26" scope="A given preferred label may be used for more than one concept in the thesaurus. A concept must be specified using its unique identifier (code). This may occur in the names of places or people."/><term thcode="25" code="4" name="place" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate extent in space, typically by reference as the names of geographic areas known from information that is stored elsewhere."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><term thcode="25" code="30" name="ambiguous labels" parent="26" scope="A given preferred label may be used for more than one concept in the thesaurus. A concept must be specified using its unique identifier (code). This may occur in the names of places or people."/><term thcode="25" code="4" name="place" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate extent in space, typically by reference as the names of geographic areas known from information that is stored elsewhere."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/></category><altlabel><altlabel>Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4</altlabel><altlabel>Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4</altlabel><altlabel>CommonGeographicAreas</altlabel><altlabel>CommonGeographicAreas</altlabel></altlabel></thesaurus><term thcode="1" code="a102" name="Rio Grande aquifer system" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="aroot" name="US Aquifers" parent="fUS" scope="Aquifers of the 48 conterminous United States, Hawaii, Puerto Ri"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS" name="United States" parent="fLD10" scope="country"/><term thcode="1" code="fLD10" name="North America" parent="fLD" scope="continent"/><term thcode="1" code="fLD" name="Land" parent="root" scope="continent"/><term thcode="1" code="root" name="Earth" scope="Common geographic areas focused on the US"/></bt><rt><term thcode="1" code="p1598" name="Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q36108" name="Albuquerque" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1146" name="Apache National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q37108" name="Aztec" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1399" name="Bandelier National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1649" name="Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q33106" name="Carlsbad" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1161" name="Carson National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1168" name="Cibola National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q34110" name="Clifton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS08" name="Colorado" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1175" name="Coronado National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q32110" name="Douglas" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38108" name="Durango" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q32108" name="El Paso" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1195" name="Gila National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1479" name="Guadalupe Mountains National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="q33108" name="Las Cruces" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1215" name="Lincoln National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q31106" name="Marfa" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1866" name="Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q39108" name="Montrose" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS35" name="New Mexico" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1441" name="Petroglyph National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="q30106" name="Presidio" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39106" name="Pueblo" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37106" name="Raton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1249" name="Rio Grande National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q34106" name="Roswell" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1951" name="San Andres National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1260" name="San Isabel National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q36106" name="Santa Fe" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1262" name="Santa Fe National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1970" name="Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q33110" name="Silver City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35108" name="Socorro" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35110" name="St Johns" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS48" name="Texas" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q38106" name="Trinidad" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34108" name="Tularosa" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="ar100" name="Unconsolidated sand and gravel aquifers" parent="art" scope="aquifer rock type"/><term thcode="1" code="q32106" name="Van Horn" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1454" name="White Sands National Mounument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/></rt></descriptor>