<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="f30033" name="Garfield" 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="q47108NWH2" name="Acorn Flats" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SED2" name="Ada Creek" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NE" name="Angela" parent="q47108" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEB1" name="Antelope Springs" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NEF3" name="Ash Creek East" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NEE3" name="Ash Creek West" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWB4" name="Barney Pinnacle" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEC1" name="Bateman Coulee" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SED1" name="Bateman Coulee NE" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWC2" name="Benzien" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040105" name="Big Dry" parent="h100401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWG3" name="Big Dry School" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10100002" name="Big Porcupine" parent="h101000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p2919" name="Billy Creek Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWH1" name="Biscuit Butte" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEC1" name="Black Hills" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEC2" name="Black John Coulee" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWE1" name="Blackfoot School" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NEF1" name="Bobcat Creek" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWA3" name="Bridge Coulee" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2939" name="Bridge Coulee Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWF1" name="Brusett" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NEB4" name="Buffalo Hill" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEE4" name="Calamity Coulee" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWC1" name="Cap Rock Butte" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NWF4" name="Chalk Butte" parent="q48108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1675" name="Charles M. 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWH4" name="Fig Mountain" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NEE4" name="Flat Creek School" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEG2" name="Flowing Well" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p316" name="Fort Peck Lake" parent="p19" scope="Army Corps of Engineers"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NE" name="Fort Peck Lake East" parent="q48108" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NW" name="Fort Peck Lake West" parent="q48108" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040104" name="Fort Peck Reservoir" parent="h100401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEF1" name="Frank Coulee" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWC4" name="Froehlich Butte" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWB1" name="Germaine Coulee East" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWA1" name="Germaine Coulee West" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NED3" name="Gilbert Creek" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NED4" name="Gilbert Creek SE" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEE3" name="Hafla School" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEE1" name="Hagen Gap" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NWH3" name="Harper Camp" parent="q48108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWD2" name="Hay Coulee" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEH3" name="Hedstrom Lake" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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name="Little Chalk Butte" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040106" name="Little Dry" parent="h100401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NWC4" name="Lost Creek" parent="q48108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10040205" name="Lower Musselshell" parent="h100402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h10100001" name="Lower Yellowstone-Sunday" parent="h101000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NEA4" name="Maloney Hill" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEE2" name="Maxwell Coulee" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NWA2" name="Maxwell Ranch" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NWE1" name="Mcginnis Butte" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NWF2" name="Mcginnis Butte SE" 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWG4" name="Van Dusen Spring" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEA2" name="Vanstel" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NWG3" name="Wagon Coulee" parent="q48108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEF3" name="Whiteside Ranch" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NWF3" name="Wolfe Coulee" parent="q48108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108NEE1" name="York Island" parent="q48108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SEC3" name="York Reservoir" parent="q48108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108SWH3" name="Ziegele" parent="q48108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>