<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="f19001" name="Adair" parent="fUS19" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS19" name="Iowa" 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="q42096NEC4" name="Adair North" parent="q42096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEC1" name="Adair South" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEF2" name="Arbor Hill" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEC3" name="Bridgewater" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SED1" name="Canby" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096NED4" name="Casey" parent="q42096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SE" name="Creston" parent="q42096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEG1" name="Earlham West" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10240003" name="East Nishnabotna" parent="h102400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SED2" name="Fontanelle" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEC2" name="Fontanelle SW" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEE2" name="Greenfield" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096NE" name="Guthrie Center" parent="q42096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07100008" name="Lake Red Rock" parent="h071000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEG3" name="Macksburg" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096NEE4" name="Menlo" parent="q42096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SED3" name="Nevinville" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10240010" name="Nodaway" parent="h102400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEE3" name="Orient" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEG2" name="Pitzer" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10240012" name="Platte" parent="h102400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096NEG4" name="Redfield" parent="q42096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEE1" name="Rosserdale" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07100007" name="South Raccoon" parent="h071000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096NEF4" name="Stuart North" parent="q42096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEF1" name="Stuart South" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10280102" name="Thompson" parent="h102801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h10240009" name="West Nodaway" parent="h102400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42096SEF3" name="Zion" parent="q42096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>