<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="f17089" name="Kane" parent="fUS17" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS17" name="Illinois" 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="q42090NE" name="Aurora" parent="q42090" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NEF2" name="Aurora North" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NEF3" name="Aurora South" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SEG3" name="Barrington" parent="q43090SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NED2" name="Big Rock" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SEF3" name="Crystal Lake" parent="q43090SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07120004" name="Des Plaines" parent="h071200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NEE1" name="Elburn" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SE" name="Elgin" parent="q43090" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SEF4" name="Elgin" parent="q43090SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p832" name="Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory" parent="p44" scope="Department of Energy"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NEF1" name="Geneva" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SED4" name="Hampshire" parent="q43090SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SEE3" name="Huntley" parent="q43090SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07090006" name="Kishwaukee" parent="h070900" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h07120007" name="Lower Fox" parent="h071200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NED1" name="Maple Park" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SED3" name="Marengo South" parent="q43090SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SEE4" name="Pingree Grove" parent="q43090SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NED3" name="Plano" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090SEG4" name="Streamwood" parent="q43090SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NEE2" name="Sugar Grove" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07120006" name="Upper Fox" parent="h071200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42090NEE3" name="Yorkville" parent="q42090NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>