<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="f42025" name="Carbon" parent="fUS42" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS42" name="Pennsylvania" 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="q41076NW" name="Allentown" parent="q41076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p239" name="Beltzville Lake" parent="p19" scope="Army Corps of Engineers"/><term thcode="1" code="q42076SWD4" name="Blakeslee" parent="q42076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWE1" name="Brodheadsville" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWC1" name="Christmans" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWA1" name="Hazleton" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42076SWC4" name="Hickory Run" parent="q42076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWE2" name="Kunkletown" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02040106" name="Lehigh" parent="h020401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWC2" name="Lehighton" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWB2" name="Nesquehoning" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWB3" name="New Tripoli" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWD2" name="Palmerton" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42076SWC3" name="Pleasant View Summit" parent="q42076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWD1" name="Pohopoco Mountain" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02040203" name="Schuylkill" parent="h020402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q42076SW" name="Scranton" parent="q42076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWC3" name="Slatedale" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWA2" name="Tamaqua" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02050107" name="Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna" parent="h020501" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NWB1" name="Weatherly" parent="q41076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42076SWB4" name="White Haven" parent="q42076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>