<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="f38027" name="Eddy" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS38" name="North Dakota" 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="q48100NWG4" name="Barlow" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEA4" name="Brantford" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEB3" name="Brantford NE" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEA3" name="Brantford NW" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWF4" name="Cathay SE" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020201" name="Devils Lake" parent="h090202" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p2253" name="Eddy County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWF2" name="Flora SE" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEB4" name="Grace City" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NED2" name="Hamar" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEB2" name="Horseshoe Lake" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10160001" name="James Headwaters" parent="h101600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NED3" name="Johnson Lake" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1778" name="Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEC4" name="Juanita" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEC3" name="Lake Coe" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NED4" name="Mchenry" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020203" name="Middle Sheyenne" parent="h090202" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWF3" name="Munster" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NW" name="New Rockford" parent="q48100" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWG3" name="New Rockford" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWH3" name="New Rockford NE" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWH4" name="New Rockford SE" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWG2" name="Oberon SW" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWH2" name="Sheyenne" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1041" name="Spirit Lake Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NE" name="Stump Lake" parent="q48100" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEA2" name="Tokio SW" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020202" name="Upper Sheyenne" parent="h090202" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEC2" name="Warwick" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>