<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="a205" name="Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain 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="p1601" name="Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1617" name="Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q40078" name="Baltimore" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078" name="Beaufort" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1642" name="Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1645" name="Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1667" name="Cape May National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1672" name="Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1681" name="Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1176" name="Croatan National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1701" name="Currituck National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS10" name="Delaware" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS11" name="District of Columbia" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1715" name="Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1716" name="Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076" name="Eastville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1717" name="Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1724" name="Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1727" name="Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q35080" name="Florence" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1423" name="George Washington Birthplace National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1740" name="Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074" name="Hartford" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1776" name="James River National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1832" name="Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076" name="Manteo" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS24" name="Maryland" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1846" name="Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1848" name="Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS34" name="New Jersey" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074" name="New York" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS36" name="New York" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076" name="Newark" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078" name="Norfolk" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS37" name="North Carolina" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1888" name="Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1896" name="Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1905" name="Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS42" name="Pennsylvania" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1916" name="Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1918" name="Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1920" name="Presquile National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1922" name="Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072" name="Providence" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080" name="Raleigh" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38078" name="Richmond" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1932" name="Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078" name="Rocky Mount" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076" name="Salisbury" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="ar200" name="Semiconsolidated sand aquifers" parent="art" scope="aquifer rock type"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS45" name="South Carolina" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1996" name="Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p2000" name="Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1293" name="Uwharrie National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS51" name="Virginia" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p2033" name="Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078" name="Washington" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2040" name="Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q40076" name="Wilmington" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>