<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="f38063" name="Nelson" 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="q48098NWA3" name="Aneta" parent="q48098NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEE4" name="Bartlett" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEF3" name="Binford NE" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEE3" name="Binford NW" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEG1" name="Bitter Lake" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEF3" name="Brocket" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49098SWA3" name="Dahlen" parent="q49098SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020201" name="Devils Lake" parent="h090202" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SE" name="Devils Lake" parent="q49100" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NED1" name="Devils Lake Mountain" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SED4" name="Doyon" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49098SWA4" name="Fordville SW" parent="q49098SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020308" name="Forest" parent="h090203" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020109" name="Goose" parent="h090201" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49098SW" name="Grafton" parent="q49098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48098NW" name="Grand Forks" parent="q48098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NED2" name="Hamar" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><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="q48100NEH3" name="Kloten" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEG3" name="Kloten NW" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48098NWA1" name="Lake Pickard" parent="q48098NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEF4" name="Lakota" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEE3" name="Lakota NW" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEH1" name="Lambs Lake" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1814" name="Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEG2" name="Mcville" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEH2" name="Mcville SE" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEH4" name="Michigan East" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEG4" name="Michigan West" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020203" name="Middle Sheyenne" parent="h090202" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48098NWA2" name="Niagara SW" parent="q48098NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEF2" name="Pekin" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEF1" name="Pekin NE" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEE1" name="Pekin NW" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEG3" name="Pelto" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1936" name="Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><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="p1992" name="Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEE2" name="Tolna" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020307" name="Turtle" parent="h090203" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEH3" name="Whitman" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>