<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="f37095" name="Hyde" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS37" name="North Carolina" 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="h03010205" name="Albemarle" parent="h030102" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1601" name="Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SE" name="Bayboro" parent="q36078" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NED4" name="Belhaven" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEG2" name="Bluff Point" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076SW" name="Cape Hatteras" parent="q36076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1586" name="Cape Hatteras National Seashore" parent="p31" scope="National Seashore"/><term thcode="1" code="p107" name="Dare County Range" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076NWA4" name="Engelhard East" parent="q36076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076NWA3" name="Engelhard NW" parent="q36076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEH4" name="Engelhard West" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEG4" name="Fairfield" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEH3" name="Fairfield NE" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEG3" name="Fairfield NW" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEF2" name="Great Island" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076SWB3" name="Green Island" parent="q36076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076SWA3" name="Howard Reef" parent="q36076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076NW" name="Manteo" parent="q36076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1848" name="Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEH1" name="Middletown" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076SWA1" name="Middletown Anchorage" parent="q36076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEH2" name="Middletown Oe S" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEG1" name="New Holland" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEF3" name="New Lake" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEE3" name="New Lake NW" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEF4" name="New Lake SE" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076SWA4" name="Ocracoke" parent="q36076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03020104" name="Pamlico" parent="h030201" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SED1" name="Pamlico Beach" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEE2" name="Pamlico Point" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03020105" name="Pamlico Sound" parent="h030201" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEC3" name="Pike Road" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NE" name="Plymouth" parent="q36078" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1918" name="Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEE4" name="Ponzer" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEH4" name="Portsmouth" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NED3" name="Pungo Lake" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEE1" name="Scranton" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEF1" name="Swanquarter" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2000" name="Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p2839" name="Swanquarter Wilderness" parent="p20" scope="Wilderness"/></rt></descriptor>