<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="a103" name="California Coastal Basin aquifers" 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="p1144" name="Angeles National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120" name="Bakersfield" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1637" name="Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS06" name="California" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1383" name="California Coastal National Monument" parent="p33" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1170" name="Cleveland National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1713" name="Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q42125" name="Eureka" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1766" name="Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q34120" name="Long Beach" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120" name="Los Angeles" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1217" name="Los Padres National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1223" name="Mendocino National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122" name="Monterey" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41124" name="Redding" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1497" name="Redwood National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1949" name="Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q35118" name="San Bernardino" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1259" name="San Bernardino National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q33118" name="San Diego" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1954" name="San Diego National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q38124" name="San Francisco" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122" name="San Jose" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36122" name="San Luis Obispo" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1958" name="San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q34118" name="Santa Ana" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35121" name="Santa Maria" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39124" name="Santa Rosa" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1965" name="Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p2012" name="Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1286" name="Trinity National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q40124" name="Ukiah" 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="q42124" name="Weed" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>