<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="f37113" name="Macon" 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="q36084SWE2" name="Alarka" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWH4" name="Cashiers" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1163" name="Chattahoochee National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWF3" name="Corbin Knob" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35084NWE1" name="Dillard" parent="q35084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2505" name="Ellicott Rock Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SW" name="Fontana Lake" parent="q36084" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWE3" name="Franklin" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWG3" name="Glenville" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWF2" name="Greens Creek" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWC2" name="Hewitt" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWG4" name="Highlands" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h06020002" name="Hiwassee" parent="h060200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1229" name="Nantahala National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWE4" name="Prentiss" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35084NWF1" name="Rabun Bald" parent="q35084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWD4" name="Rainbow Springs" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35084NWG1" name="Satolah" parent="q35084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWF4" name="Scaly Mountain" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWC4" name="Shooting Creek" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2739" name="Southern Nantahala Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q35084NW" name="Toccoa" parent="q35084" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWC3" name="Topton" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h06010203" name="Tuckasegee" parent="h060102" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h03060102" name="Tugaloo" parent="h030601" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h06010202" name="Upper Little Tennessee" parent="h060102" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWD3" name="Wayah Bald" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SWD2" name="Wesser" parent="q36084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>