<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="f10005" name="Sussex" parent="fUS10" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS10" name="Delaware" 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="q39076SWH1" name="Assawoman Bay" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWH4" name="Bethany Beach" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02060007" name="Blackwater-Wicomico" parent="h020600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h02040207" name="Broadkill-Smyrna" parent="h020402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWH2" name="Cape Henlopen" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02060010" name="Chincoteague" parent="h020600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h02040204" name="Delaware Bay" parent="h020402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWD1" name="Delmar" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWE2" name="Ellendale" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWG3" name="Fairmount" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWG4" name="Frankford" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWE3" name="Georgetown" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWD2" name="Greenwood" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWF3" name="Harbeson" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWD1" name="Harrington" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWC1" name="Hebron" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC2" name="Hickman" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWD4" name="Laurel" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWG2" name="Lewes" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWE1" name="Milford" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWF4" name="Millsboro" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWF2" name="Milton" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWF1" name="Mispillion River" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02060008" name="Nanticoke" parent="h020600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWE1" name="Pittsville" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02060009" name="Pocomoke" parent="h020600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1922" name="Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWH3" name="Rehoboth Beach" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SW" name="Salisbury" parent="q39076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NW" name="Seaford" parent="q39076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWD3" name="Seaford East" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC3" name="Seaford West" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWG1" name="Selbyville" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC4" name="Sharptown" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWE4" name="Trap Pond" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWF1" name="Whaleyville" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>