<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="f23027" name="Waldo" parent="fUS23" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS23" name="Maine" 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="q45070NWE4" name="Albion" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SW" name="Augusta" parent="q45070" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NE" name="Bangor" parent="q45070" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SE" name="Bar Harbor" parent="q45070" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWH1" name="Belfast" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWH4" name="Brooks East" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWG4" name="Brooks West" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEB4" name="Bucksport" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWE3" name="Burnham" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWH3" name="Camden" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEB2" name="Cape Rosier" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2250" name="Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEB1" name="Castine" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWG3" name="Dixmont" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWH3" name="East Dixmont" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEB3" name="Hampden" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEA2" name="Islesboro" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWF1" name="Liberty" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWH2" name="Lincolnville" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h01030003" name="Lower Kennebec" parent="h010300" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h01020005" name="Lower Penobscot" parent="h010200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h01050002" name="Maine Coastal" parent="h010500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWG1" name="Morrill" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEA4" name="Mount Waldo" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWF2" name="Newport" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEA3" name="North Haven West" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWE1" name="Palermo" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWE2" name="Pittsfield" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWE2" name="Razorville" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWG2" name="Searsmont" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEA1" name="Searsport" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NW" name="Skowhegan" parent="q45070" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEA3" name="Snow Mountain" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h01050003" name="St. George-Sheepscot" parent="h010500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWF4" name="Unity" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWF3" name="Unity Pond" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWF2" name="Washington" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWD2" name="Weeks Mills" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>