<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="f27117" name="Pipestone" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS27" name="Minnesota" 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="q45098SE" name="Brookings" parent="q45098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07100001" name="Des Moines Headwaters" parent="h071000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NEH1" name="Edgerton NE" parent="q44098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NEG1" name="Edgerton North" parent="q44098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NEG2" name="Edgerton South" parent="q44098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098SEE3" name="Elkton" parent="q45098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098SEE4" name="Elkton SW" parent="q45098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098SEG4" name="Holland" parent="q45098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NEE2" name="Jasper" parent="q44098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NEE1" name="Jasper NW" parent="q44098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NEF2" name="Jasper SE" parent="q44098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NEH2" name="Kenneth" parent="q44098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10170203" name="Lower Big Sioux" parent="h101702" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1444" name="Pipestone National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098SEF4" name="Pipestone North" parent="q45098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NEF1" name="Pipestone South" parent="q44098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07020006" name="Redwood" parent="h070200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h10170204" name="Rock" parent="h101702" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098SEH3" name="Ruthton" parent="q45098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098SEG3" name="Ruthton NW" parent="q45098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098NE" name="Sioux Falls" parent="q44098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098SEF3" name="Verdi" parent="q45098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098SEH4" name="Woodstock" parent="q45098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>