<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="f06047" name="Merced" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS06" name="California" 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="q38122SEC2" name="Arena" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SED2" name="Atwater" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEE4" name="Bliss Ranch" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p101" name="Castle Air Force Base (Closed)" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NEA3" name="Cerro Colorado" parent="q37122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NEB1" name="Charleston School" parent="q37122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEF4" name="Chowchilla" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEC1" name="Cressey" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWG3" name="Crevison Peak" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEC4" name="Delta Ranch" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NEC1" name="Dos Palos" parent="q37122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEE3" name="El Nido" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3337" name="Grasslands Wildlife Management Area" parent="p50" scope="Wildlife Management Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEA2" name="Gustine" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEA1" name="Hatch" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEF1" name="Haystack Mountain" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWH3" name="Howard Ranch" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEG1" name="Indian Gulch" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEA3" name="Ingomar" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1786" name="Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEE3" name="La Grange" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NEB2" name="Laguna Seca Ranch" parent="q37122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEG3" name="Le Grand" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEB4" name="Los Banos" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NWH1" name="Los Banos Valley" parent="q37122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NWG1" name="Mariposa Peak" parent="q37122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NE" name="Mendota" parent="q37122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SE" name="Merced" parent="q38122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEE2" name="Merced" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEF4" name="Merced Falls" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1855" name="Merced National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040001" name="Middle San Joaquin-Lower" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040002" name="Middle San Joaquin-Lower" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NW" name="Monterey" parent="q37122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEC4" name="Montpelier" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWH2" name="Newman" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEF2" name="Planada" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NWG2" name="Quien Sabe Valley" parent="q37122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEH3" name="Raynor Creek" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37122NWH2" name="Ruby Canyon" parent="q37122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SW" name="San Jose" parent="q38122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWH4" name="San Luis Dam" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1957" name="San Luis National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEB3" name="San Luis Ranch" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p792" name="San Luis Reservoir" parent="p16" scope="Bureau of Reclamation"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SED3" name="Sandy Mush" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SED4" name="Santa Rita Bridge" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEE4" name="Snelling" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEB2" name="Stevinson" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEB1" name="Turlock" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NED4" name="Turlock Lake" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEC3" name="Turner Ranch" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040007" name="Upper Chowchilla-Upper Fresno" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040008" name="Upper Merced" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040009" name="Upper Tuolumne" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEA4" name="Volta" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SED1" name="Winton" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SEE1" name="Yosemite Lake" parent="q38122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>