<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="f20193" name="Thomas" parent="fUS20" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS20" name="Kansas" 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="q40102NEB4" name="Achilles SE" parent="q40102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10260007" name="Big" parent="h102600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEB1" name="Breton" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWE2" name="Brewster" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWF1" name="Brewster NE" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWE1" name="Brewster NW" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWF2" name="Brewster SE" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102NWH4" name="Chardon SE" parent="q40102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102NWG4" name="Chardon SW" parent="q40102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWH1" name="Colby" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWH2" name="Colby SE" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWG2" name="Colby SW" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102NWF4" name="Dewey Ranch SE" parent="q40102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102NWE4" name="Dewey Ranch SW" parent="q40102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEA1" name="Gem" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SW" name="Goodland" parent="q40102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEC3" name="Grinnell North" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10260005" name="Hackberry" parent="h102600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEB2" name="Halford" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWG1" name="Levant" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102NEA4" name="Long Draw South" parent="q40102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWF3" name="Mcallaster NE" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWE3" name="Mcallaster NW" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEC2" name="Menlo" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEA2" name="Mingo" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10260002" name="North Fork Smoky Hill" parent="h102600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SE" name="Oakley" parent="q40102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEB3" name="Oakley North" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102NE" name="Oberlin" parent="q40102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10250015" name="Prairie Dog" parent="h102500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEC1" name="Rexford" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102NW" name="Saint Francis" parent="q40102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102NEC4" name="Selden SW" parent="q40102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10250012" name="South Fork Beaver" parent="h102500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SEA3" name="Spica" parent="q40102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10260011" name="Upper North Fork Solomon" parent="h102600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h10260009" name="Upper Saline" parent="h102600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h10250010" name="Upper Sappa" parent="h102500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h10260013" name="Upper South Fork Solomon" parent="h102600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWH3" name="Winona NE" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40102SWG3" name="Winona NW" parent="q40102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>