<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="f36057" name="Montgomery" 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="q43076NE" name="Amsterdam" parent="q43076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEG1" name="Amsterdam" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NED1" name="Canajoharie" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEE2" name="Carlisle" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEG2" name="Duanesburg" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEB2" name="East Springfield" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEF2" name="Esperance" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEC1" name="Fort Plain" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44076SE" name="Gloversville" parent="q44076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44076SED4" name="Lassellsville" parent="q44076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44076SEB4" name="Little Falls" parent="q44076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02020004" name="Mohawk" parent="h020200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44076SEC4" name="Oppenheim" parent="q44076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEH1" name="Pattersonville" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEE1" name="Randall" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02020005" name="Schoharie" parent="h020200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NED2" name="Sharon Springs" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEC2" name="Sprout Brook" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEF1" name="Tribes Hill" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43076NEB1" name="Van Hornesville" parent="q43076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>