<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="f32009" name="Esmeralda" parent="fUS32" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS32" name="Nevada" 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="q38118NWD3" name="Alcatraz Island" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWF2" name="Alkali" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEE2" name="Benton" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NE" name="Benton Range" parent="q38120" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWB4" name="Blair Junction" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118SWG3" name="Bonnie Claire NW" parent="q38118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118SWG4" name="Bonnie Claire SW" parent="q38118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEF2" name="Boundary Peak" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2440" name="Boundary Peak Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h16060013" name="Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats" parent="h160600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEH3" name="Candelaria" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118SWA1" name="Chocolate Mountain" parent="q38118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWA4" name="Coaldale" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWB3" name="Coaldale NE" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWC1" name="Cole Spring" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEH4" name="Columbus" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWF3" name="Crescent Dunes" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWD3" name="Crow Springs" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18090102" name="Crowley Lake" parent="h180901" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEG2" name="Davis Mountain" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1468" name="Death Valley National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p2858" name="Death Valley Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h18090203" name="Death Valley-Lower Amargosa" parent="h180902" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWC4" name="Devils Gate" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWB1" name="Dicalite Summit" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEH3" name="Dyer" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEH2" name="East of Davis Mountain" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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name="Klondike" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118SWC2" name="Last Chance Mountain" parent="q38118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118SW" name="Last Chance Range" parent="q38118" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118SWE1" name="Lida" parent="q38118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWD4" name="Lida Wash" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWC3" name="Lida Wash NW" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWC4" name="Lida Wash SW" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWE4" name="Lone Mountain" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118SWD1" name="Magruder Mountain" parent="q38118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWG2" name="Mcmahon Ridge" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEG4" name="Miller Mountain" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWE3" name="Millers" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWB3" name="Mohawk Mine" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWF3" name="Montezuma Peak" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWF4" name="Montezuma Peak SE" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWE4" name="Montezuma Peak SW" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWF4" name="Mount Butte" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118SWF1" name="Mount Jackson" parent="q38118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEF1" name="Mount Montgomery" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWG1" name="Mud Lake NW" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWC1" name="North of Silver Peak" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWB4" name="Oasis Divide" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWC2" name="Outlaw Springs" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWD1" name="Outlaw Springs NE" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39118SWD2" name="Outlaw Springs SE" parent="q39118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWE1" name="Paymaster Canyon" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38118NWE2" name="Paymaster Ridge" parent="q38118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3182" name="Pigeon Spring 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