<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="a104" name="Pacific Northwest basin-fill 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="q43120" name="Adel" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42122" name="Alturas" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45112" name="Ashton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45118" name="Baker" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1626" name="Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q45122" name="Bend" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44118" name="Boise" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42114" name="Brigham City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 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scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1191" name="Fremont National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1194" name="Gifford Pinchot National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q46118" name="Grangeville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1737" name="Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1738" name="Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q44116" name="Hailey" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1754" name="Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q47124" name="Hoquiam" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS16" name="Idaho" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q44114" name="Idaho Falls" 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