<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="f30027" name="Fergus" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS30" name="Montana" 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="q47110NWG2" name="Alaska Bench" parent="q47110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110NWD4" name="Anderson Bridge" parent="q48110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2899" name="Antelope Creek Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SWG2" name="Armells" parent="q48110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040102" name="Arrow" parent="h100401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48112SEG2" name="Arrow Creek" parent="q48112SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110NEA3" name="Baker Monument" parent="q48110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110NWH4" name="Bakers Spring" parent="q48110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NEA2" name="Bald Butte" parent="q47110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SEC2" name="Bear Creek Reservoir" parent="q48110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SED2" name="Bear Creek Reservoir SE" parent="q48110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NEA1" name="Becket" parent="q47110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NEB1" name="Becket NE" parent="q47110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110NED3" name="Bell Ridge East" parent="q48110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110NEC3" name="Bell Ridge West" parent="q48110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48112SE" name="Belt" parent="q48112" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3320" name="Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area" parent="p42" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NW" name="Big Snowy Mountains" parent="q47110" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SWA3" name="Big Spring" parent="q48110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110NWG2" name="Bird Rapids" parent="q48110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SEB2" name="Bohemian Corners" parent="q48110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040204" name="Box Elder" parent="h100402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SEC4" name="Briggs Coulee" parent="q48110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SWE3" name="Brooks" parent="q48110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SEF2" name="Brown Spring" parent="q48110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NWB2" name="Buffalo" parent="q47110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040101" name="Bullwhacker-Dog" parent="h100401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110NED4" name="Carter Coulee" parent="q48110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NWE1" name="Castle Butte" parent="q47110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1675" name="Charles M. 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Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SEF1" name="Dovetail Butte" parent="q48110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NWC3" name="Elephant Rocks" parent="q47110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3024" name="Ervin Ridge Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SWH2" name="Fergus" parent="q48110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SWH1" name="Fergus NE" parent="q48110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SEA4" name="Fish Dam" parent="q48110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040203" name="Flatwillow" parent="h100402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NWH1" name="Forestgrove" parent="q47110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040104" name="Fort Peck Reservoir" parent="h100401" scope="hydrologic 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name="Judith" parent="h100401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NWB3" name="Judith Gap" parent="q47110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SWG3" name="Judith Peak" parent="q48110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NWE2" name="Jump Off Peak" parent="q47110NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SED1" name="Kachia Reservoir" parent="q48110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SWE2" name="Kendall" parent="q48110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110NEE4" name="Kepple Bottoms" parent="q48110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110SWB4" name="Kolin" parent="q48110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47110NEC3" name="Lake Mason NW" parent="q47110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1804" name="Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" 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