<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="f38069" name="Pierce" 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="q48102NEG1" name="Anamoose" parent="q48102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NEG2" name="Anamoose SW" parent="q48102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEH3" name="Balta" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEG3" name="Balta NW" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEH4" name="Balta SE" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NEG4" name="Barton" parent="q49102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEG2" name="Berwick" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWE4" name="Bisbee South" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NE" name="Bottineau" parent="q49102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1658" name="Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NEH1" name="Clifton" parent="q48102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020201" name="Devils Lake" parent="h090202" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NE" name="Drake" parent="q48102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWB4" name="Esmond" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWB3" name="Fillmore" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWA2" name="Harvey" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWE1" name="Hurricane Lake East" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWD1" name="Hurricane Lake West" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWC4" name="Island Lake" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWC2" name="Knox" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SW" name="Leeds" parent="q49100" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWE2" name="Leeds" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEH1" name="Leverich" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09010003" name="Lower Souris" parent="h090100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NEH2" name="Martin" parent="q48102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWD4" name="Mylo SE" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWB4" name="Nanson" parent="q49100NW" 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="q49102SEG4" name="Orrin" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NEH4" name="Overly SE" parent="q49102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWA4" name="Petrified Lake" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2261" name="Pierce County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWB2" name="Pleasant Lake" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NW" name="Rock Lake" parent="q49100" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWA4" name="Rolette SW" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEG1" name="Round Lake" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWA2" name="Rugby" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWB1" name="Rugby NE" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWA1" name="Rugby NW" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWB1" name="Selz NE" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWA1" name="Selz NW" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWA3" name="Silva" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEF1" name="Towner NE" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEF2" name="Towner SE" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SEH2" name="Tunbridge" parent="q49102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09020202" name="Upper Sheyenne" parent="h090202" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SE" name="Velva" parent="q49102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWB2" name="Wellsburg" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09010004" name="Willow" parent="h090100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NEF4" name="Willow City" parent="q49102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWC1" name="Wolford" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWD2" name="York" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>