<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="f19167" name="Sioux" 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="q44098SED3" name="Alcester NE" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SED4" name="Alcester SE" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEH1" name="Alton" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEF2" name="Alvord" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44096SWB2" name="Ashton" parent="q44096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEH3" name="Boyden" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SED2" name="Canton" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NED1" name="Chatsworth" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEG2" name="Doon" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEE3" name="Fairview" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10230002" name="Floyd" parent="h102300" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44096SWA2" name="George East" parent="q44096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEH2" name="George West" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NWB1" name="Granville East" parent="q43096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NWA1" name="Granville West" parent="q43096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEE4" name="Hawarden North" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEE1" name="Hawarden South" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44096SWA4" name="Hospers" parent="q44096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEG3" name="Hull" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEE2" name="Inwood" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44096SW" name="Iowa Great Lakes" parent="q44096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEF1" name="Ireton" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEF4" name="Lebanon" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10170203" name="Lower Big Sioux" parent="h101702" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44096SWA3" name="Matlock" parent="q44096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEG1" name="Maurice" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEH4" name="Orange City" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10170204" name="Rock" parent="h101702" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SE" name="Rock Rapids" parent="q44098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEF3" name="Rock Valley" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44096SWB3" name="Sheldon" parent="q44096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44096SWB4" name="Sheldon SE" parent="q44096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098SEG4" name="Sioux Center" parent="q44098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NE" name="Sioux City North" parent="q43098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NW" name="Storm Lake" parent="q43096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>