<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="f06099" name="Stanislaus" 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="q38122NWH2" name="Avena" parent="q38122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEB1" name="Bachelor Valley" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NWH4" name="Brush Lake" parent="q38122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEA4" name="Ceres" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NED3" name="Cooperstown" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWF1" name="Copper Mountain" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEC1" name="Copperopolis" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18050003" name="Coyote" parent="h180500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><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="q38122SWH1" name="Crows Landing" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEB4" name="Denair" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEA2" name="Escalon" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEA1" name="Farmington" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><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="q38122SWH3" name="Howard Ranch" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39122SEB4" name="Jenny Lind" parent="q39122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NED2" name="Keystone" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEC2" name="Knights Ferry" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEE3" name="La Grange" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NWE4" name="Lone Tree Creek" parent="q38122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040004" name="Lower Calaveras-Mormon Slough" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SE" name="Merced" parent="q38122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><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="q38122SWE3" name="Mississippi Creek" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEC4" name="Montpelier" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWE1" name="Mount Boardman" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWE2" name="Mount Stakes" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWF3" name="Mustang Peak" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWH2" name="Newman" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NE" name="Oakdale" parent="q38122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEB2" name="Oakdale" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWG2" name="Orestimba Peak" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18060002" name="Pajaro" parent="h180600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040014" name="Panoche-San Luis Reservoir" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWG1" name="Patterson" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEC3" name="Paulsell" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NWG3" name="Ripon" parent="q38122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEA3" name="Riverbank" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NWH3" name="Salida" parent="q38122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39122SE" name="San Andreas" parent="q39122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18050004" name="San Francisco Bay" parent="h180500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1955" name="San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SW" name="San Jose" parent="q38122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEE4" name="Snelling" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NWF4" name="Solyo" parent="q38122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NW" name="Stockton" parent="q38122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 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="h18040008" name="Upper Merced" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040010" name="Upper Stanislaus" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h18040009" name="Upper Tuolumne" parent="h180400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39122SEA4" name="Valley Springs SW" parent="q39122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NWF3" name="Vernalis" parent="q38122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NEB3" name="Waterford" parent="q38122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122NWG4" name="Westley" parent="q38122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38122SWF2" name="Wilcox Ridge" parent="q38122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>