<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="f02188" name="Northwest Arctic" parent="fUS02" scope="Borough"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS02" name="Alaska" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><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="p1599" name="Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040603" name="Alatna River" parent="h190406" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q68159" name="Ambler River" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q68162" name="Baird Mountains" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q66165" name="Bendeleben" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p1515" name="Bering Land Bridge National Preserve" parent="p30" scope="National Preserve"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050203" name="Buckland River" parent="h190502" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q66162" name="Candle" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p1404" name="Cape Krusenstern National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p2802" name="Chamisso Wilderness" parent="p20" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q69165" name="De Long Mountains" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p1472" name="Gates of the Arctic National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1519" name="Gates of the Arctic National Preserve" parent="p30" scope="National Preserve"/><term thcode="1" code="p2861" name="Gates of the Arctic Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050202" name="Goodhope-Spafarief Bay" parent="h190502" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q69159" name="Howard Pass" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q67156" name="Hughes" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040606" name="Huslia River" parent="h190406" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050105" name="Imuruk Basin" parent="h190501" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q66159" name="Kateel River" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q69156" name="Killik River" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p1488" name="Kobuk Valley National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p2870" name="Kobuk Valley Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q67165" name="Kotzebue" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040608" name="Koyukuk Flats" parent="h190406" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1793" name="Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050405" name="Lisburne Peninsula" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050304" name="Lower Kobuk River" parent="h190503" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050403" name="Lower Noatak River" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050303" name="Middle Kobuk River" parent="h190503" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050402" name="Middle Noatak River" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q69162" name="Misheguk Mountain" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p2200" name="National Petroleum Reserve In Alaska" parent="p21" scope="Other"/><term thcode="1" code="q68165" name="Noatak" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p1526" name="Noatak National Preserve" parent="p30" scope="National Preserve"/><term thcode="1" code="p2878" name="Noatak Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050103" name="Norton Bay" parent="h190501" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q69168" name="Point Hope" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q67162" name="Selawik" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050301" name="Selawik Lake" parent="h190503" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1967" name="Selawik National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p2835" name="Selawik Wilderness" parent="p20" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q67159" name="Shungnak" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q68156" name="Survey Pass" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060301" name="Upper Colville River" parent="h190603" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050302" name="Upper Kobuk River" parent="h190503" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050401" name="Upper Noatak River" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050404" name="Wulik-Kivalina Rivers" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/></rt></descriptor>