<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="f38101" name="Ward" 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="q49102SWA1" name="Aurelia" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWH2" name="Benedict" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWG1" name="Benedict NW" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWG2" name="Benedict SW" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWC2" name="Berthold" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NEA1" name="Blacktail Coulee" parent="q48102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWC2" name="Blue Hill" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49104NEG2" name="Bowbells" parent="q49104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49104NEH2" name="Bowbells SE" parent="q49104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWE2" name="Burlington" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWF1" name="Burlington NE" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWE1" name="Burlington NW" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWF2" name="Burlington SE" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWC1" name="Carpio" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWD1" name="Carpio NE" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49104NEH4" name="Coulee" parent="q49104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09010005" name="Deep" parent="h090100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWH1" name="Deering" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWG1" name="Deering NW" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWH2" name="Deering SE" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWG2" name="Deering SW" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09010002" name="Des Lacs" parent="h090100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWD2" name="Des Lacs" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1711" name="Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NWA4" name="Donnybrook" parent="q49102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWE2" name="Douglas East" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWD2" name="Douglas West" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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parent="h090100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWB1" name="Makoti" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWF2" name="Max" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWF1" name="Max NE" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SW" name="Minot" parent="q49102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWF3" name="Minot" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p167" name="Minot Air Force Base" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWE3" name="Minot NW" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWE4" name="Minot SW" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NW" name="Mohall" parent="q49102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWD3" name="Mork Lake" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49104NEG4" name="Mosquito Butte" parent="q49104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49104NEG3" name="Niobe" parent="q49104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NWA3" name="Norma" parent="q49102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10130101" name="Painted Woods-Square Butte" parent="h101301" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWA4" name="Plaza" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWB3" name="Plaza NE" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWA3" name="Plaza NW" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWB4" name="Plaza SE" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWD4" name="Rice Lake" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWC3" name="Rice Lake NW" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWH1" name="Robinson Coulee" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWB2" name="Roseglen" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWE1" name="Rush Lake" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NEA2" name="Ruso" parent="q48102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102NWC1" name="Ryder" parent="q48102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWH4" name="Sawyer" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWH3" name="Sawyer NE" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWG4" name="Sawyer SW" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWF4" name="South Prairie" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWG3" name="Surrey" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWA2" name="Tagus" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWB2" name="Tagus SE" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NWB3" name="Tolley" parent="q49102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102NWB4" name="Tolley SE" parent="q49102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SWC4" name="Underdahl Lake" parent="q49102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h09010001" name="Upper Souris" parent="h090100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p2030" name="Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102SE" name="Velva" parent="q49102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term 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