<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="a105" name="Northern Rocky Mountains Intermontane Basins 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="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="p1150" name="Beaverhead National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1153" name="Bitterroot National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q44118" name="Boise" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1156" name="Boise National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q46112" name="Bozeman" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47114" name="Butte" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1662" name="Camas National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q45116" name="Challis" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1162" name="Challis National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q48114" name="Choteau" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1169" name="Clearwater National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1172" name="Coeur d'Alene National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1173" name="Colville National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1413" name="Craters of the Moon National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="q49114" name="Cut Bank" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1181" name="Deerlodge National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q46114" name="Dillon" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45114" name="Dubois" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46116" name="Elk City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1189" name="Flathead National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1192" name="Gallatin National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1474" name="Glacier National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="q46118" name="Grangeville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44116" name="Hailey" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47116" name="Hamilton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1199" name="Helena National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS16" name="Idaho" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q44114" name="Idaho Falls" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49116" name="Kalispell" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1209" name="Kaniksu National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1212" name="Kootenai National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1792" name="Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1817" name="Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1216" name="Lolo National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS30" name="Montana" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1874" name="National Bison Range" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1231" name="Nez Perce National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1880" name="Nine-Pipe National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1898" name="Pablo National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1243" name="Payette National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q47118" name="Pullman" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1928" name="Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1255" name="Saint Joe National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1256" name="Salmon National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q49118" name="Sandpoint" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1263" name="Sawtooth National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q48118" name="Spokane" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1999" name="Swan River National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1280" name="Targhee National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="ar100" name="Unconsolidated sand and gravel aquifers" parent="art" scope="aquifer rock type"/><term thcode="1" code="q48116" name="Wallace" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS53" name="Washington" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q47112" name="White Sulphur Springs" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS56" name="Wyoming" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1507" name="Yellowstone National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/></rt></descriptor>