<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="a310" name="Pennsylvanian 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="fUS01" name="Alabama" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1143" name="Allegheny National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q34088" name="Birmingham" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082" name="Bluefield" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1665" name="Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q41082" name="Canton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39082" name="Charleston" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39080" name="Charlottesville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36086" name="Chattanooga" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40082" name="Clarksburg" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42082" name="Cleveland" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36088" name="Columbia" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40084" name="Columbus" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37086" name="Corbin" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40080" name="Cumberland" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1178" name="Daniel Boone National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084" name="Detroit" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1720" name="Erie National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q38088" name="Evansville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084" name="Flint" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35088" name="Gadsden" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS13" name="Georgia" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q43086" name="Grand Rapids" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39084" name="Huntington" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS18" name="Indiana" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1207" name="Jefferson National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q38084" name="Jenkins" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084" name="Johnson City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS21" name="Kentucky" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1219" name="Manistee National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q41084" name="Marion" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS24" name="Maryland" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS26" name="Michigan" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086" name="Midland" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1226" name="Monongahela National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q37088" name="Nashville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS39" name="Ohio" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q38090" name="Paducah" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS42" name="Pennsylvania" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q41080" name="Pittsburgh" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35086" name="Rome" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="ar300" name="Sandstone aquifers" parent="art" scope="aquifer rock type"/><term thcode="1" code="p1267" name="Shawnee National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1975" name="Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q45084" name="Tawas City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS47" name="Tennessee" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q45086" name="Traverse City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35090" name="Tupelo" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS51" name="Virginia" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="q42080" name="Warren" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1296" name="Wayne National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q34090" name="West Point" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS54" name="West Virginia" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><term thcode="1" code="p1302" name="William B. Bankhead National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q42078" name="Williamsport" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38086" name="Winchester" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>