<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="f18091" name="LaPorte" parent="fUS18" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS18" name="Indiana" 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="q42088SEB2" name="English Lake" parent="q42088SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088SED1" name="Hamlet" parent="q42088SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088SEB1" name="Hanna" parent="q42088SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1364" name="Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore" parent="p38" scope="National Lakeshore"/><term thcode="1" code="h07120001" name="Kankakee" parent="h071200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088SEC1" name="Kingsford Heights" parent="q42088SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088SE" name="Knox" parent="q42088" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088SEC2" name="Knox West" parent="q42088SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088SEA2" name="La Crosse" parent="q42088SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEC4" name="La Porte East" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEB4" name="La Porte West" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p584" name="LaPorte Outdoor Training Facility" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="h04060200" name="Lake Michigan" parent="h040602" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h04040001" name="Little Calumet-Galien" parent="h040400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEE3" name="Lydick" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEB3" name="Michigan City East" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEA3" name="Michigan City West" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEC2" name="New Buffalo East" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEB2" name="New Buffalo West" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NED3" name="New Carlisle" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEE4" name="North Liberty" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088SEA3" name="San Pierre" parent="q42088SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NE" name="South Bend" parent="q42088" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEC3" name="Springville" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NED4" name="Stillwell" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NED2" name="Three Oaks" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088SEA1" name="Wanatah" parent="q42088SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42088NEA4" name="Westville" parent="q42088NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>