<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="f36003" name="Allegany" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS36" name="New York" 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="q43078SWB2" name="Alfred" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEH4" name="Allentown" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWB3" name="Andover" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEH2" name="Angelica" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWC1" name="Arkport" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEH3" name="Belmont" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWA1" name="Birdsall" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEG2" name="Black Creek" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080NEF4" name="Bliss" parent="q43080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEG4" name="Bolivar" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42080NE" name="Bradford" parent="q42080" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080NE" name="Buffalo" parent="q43080" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42080NEF1" name="Bullis Mills" parent="q42080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078NW" name="Canandaigua" parent="q43078" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWB1" name="Canaseraga" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h04120102" name="Cattaraugus" parent="h041201" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEF3" name="Cuba" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42078NWA1" name="Ellisburg" parent="q42078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEH1" name="Fillmore" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEF1" name="Freedom" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEG3" name="Friendship" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWC3" name="Greenwood" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SW" name="Hornell" parent="q43078" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWC2" name="Hornell" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEG1" name="Houghton" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078NWA4" name="Nunda" parent="q43078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p974" name="Oil Springs Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SE" name="Olean" parent="q43080" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078NWB4" name="Ossian" parent="q43078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42080NEH1" name="Oswayo" parent="q42080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080NEG4" name="Pike" parent="q43080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080NEH4" name="Portageville" parent="q43080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEF4" name="Portville" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43080SEF2" name="Rawson" parent="q43080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWC4" name="Rexville" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42080NEG1" name="Shinglehouse" parent="q42080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02050104" name="Tioga" parent="h020501" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42078NWB1" name="Ulysses" parent="q42078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h05010001" name="Upper Allegheny" parent="h050100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h04130002" name="Upper Genesee" parent="h041300" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42078NW" name="Wellsboro" parent="q42078" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWA3" name="Wellsville North" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWA4" name="Wellsville South" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWA2" name="West Almond" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43078SWB4" name="Whitesville" parent="q43078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>