<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="f24039" name="Somerset" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS24" name="Maryland" 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="h02060007" name="Blackwater-Wicomico" parent="h020600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SEH3" name="Bloodsworth Island" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076NN" name="Chincoteague" parent="q38076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076NNB1" name="Crisfield" parent="q38076NN" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWA3" name="Deal Island" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWD3" name="Dividing Creek" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWC2" name="Eden" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38078NEH1" name="Ewell" parent="q38078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1734" name="Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076NNA1" name="Great Fox Island" parent="q38076NN" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076NND1" name="Hallwood" parent="q38076NN" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SEH4" name="Kedges Straits" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWC4" name="Kingston" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SE" name="Leonardtown" parent="q39078" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWB4" name="Marion" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWB3" name="Monie" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02060009" name="Pocomoke" parent="h020600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWD4" name="Pocomoke City" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWC3" name="Princess Anne" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SW" name="Salisbury" parent="q39076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWD2" name="Salisbury" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076NNC1" name="Saxis" parent="q38076NN" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38078NE" name="Tappahannock" parent="q38078" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWA4" name="Terrapin Sand Point" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02060001" name="Upper Chesapeake Bay" parent="h020600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076SWB2" name="Wetipquin" parent="q39076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>