<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="f19187" name="Webster" 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="q43094SW" name="Ames" parent="q43094" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07100005" name="Boone" parent="h071000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEH3" name="Boxholm" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SE" name="Carroll" parent="q43096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEE3" name="Churdan" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NEF4" name="Clare" parent="q43096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43094SWA1" name="Duncombe" parent="q43094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43094NWA3" name="Eagle Grove" parent="q43094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43094NWA4" name="Eagle Grove SW" parent="q43094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEH1" name="Evanston" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEE2" name="Farnhamville" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NEG4" name="Fort Dodge North" parent="q43096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEG1" name="Fort Dodge South" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43094SWA3" name="Fraser" parent="q43094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NEE3" name="Gilmore City" parent="q43096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NEE4" name="Gilmore City SW" parent="q43096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEF2" name="Gowrie" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEG2" name="Harcourt" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NE" name="Humboldt" parent="q43096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NEG3" name="Humboldt" parent="q43096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43094NW" name="Iowa Falls" parent="q43094" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEE1" name="Knierim" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEG3" name="Lanyon" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEH2" name="Lehigh" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07100004" name="Middle Des Moines" parent="h071000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEF1" name="Moorland" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07100006" name="North Raccoon" parent="h071000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096SEF3" name="Paton" parent="q43096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07080105" name="South Skunk" parent="h070801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q43094SWA2" name="Stratford" parent="q43094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NEH3" name="Thor" parent="q43096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NEF3" name="Unique" parent="q43096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43096NEH4" name="Vincent" parent="q43096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>