<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="f37097" name="Iredell" 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="q37082SW" name="Boone" parent="q37082" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SEB4" name="Brooks Crossroads" parent="q37082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEC1" name="Calahaln" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NWH3" name="Catawba" parent="q36082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEA1" name="Central" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEC3" name="Cleveland" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEC2" name="Cool Springs" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEC4" name="Enochville" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SWH4" name="Gilreath" parent="q37082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEB1" name="Harmony" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NW" name="Hickory" parent="q36082" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NWH1" name="Hiddenite" parent="q36082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEA4" name="Lake Norman North" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SEC4" name="Lone Hickory" parent="q37082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEB4" name="Mooresville" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SEA4" name="Osbornville" parent="q37082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03040105" name="Rocky, North Carolina," parent="h030401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NE" name="Salisbury" parent="q36082" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEB3" name="Shepherds" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03040102" name="South Yadkin" parent="h030401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEB2" name="Statesville East" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEA2" name="Statesville West" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NWH2" name="Stony Point" parent="q36082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36082NEA3" name="Troutman" parent="q36082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03050101" name="Upper Catawba" parent="h030501" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h03040101" name="Upper Yadkin" parent="h030401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SE" name="Winston-salem" parent="q37082" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>