<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="f36083" name="Rensselaer" 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="q43074NW" name="Albany" parent="q43074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWB3" name="Albany" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWD3" name="Averill Park" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWF3" name="Berlin" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074SWE1" name="Canaan" parent="q43074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWB4" name="Delmar" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWE1" name="Eagle Bridge" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074SWD1" name="East Chatham" parent="q43074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWC4" name="East Greenbush" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWE2" name="Grafton" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWF4" name="Hancock" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWF1" name="Hoosick Falls" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02020003" name="Hudson-Hoosic" parent="h020200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074SWC1" name="Kinderhook" parent="q43074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWC1" name="Mechanicville" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02020006" name="Middle Hudson" parent="h020200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWD4" name="Nassau" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWF2" name="North Pownal" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074SW" name="Pittsfield" parent="q43074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074SWB1" name="Ravena" parent="q43074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWD1" name="Schaghticoke" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWE4" name="Stephentown Center" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWE3" name="Taborton" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWD2" name="Tomhannock" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWC2" name="Troy North" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43074NWC3" name="Troy South" parent="q43074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>