<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="f45003" name="Aiken" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS45" name="South Carolina" 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="q34082NW" name="Aiken" parent="q34082" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWC4" name="Aiken" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWC3" name="Aiken NW" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWA1" name="Augusta East" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SW" name="Barnwell" parent="q34082" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWD1" name="Batesburg" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34084NE" name="Clark Hill Lake" parent="q34084" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWD3" name="Foxtown" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWC3" name="Girard NW" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWB4" name="Graniteville" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWG4" name="Harleys Millpond" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWB1" name="Hollow Creek" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWB2" name="Jackson" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWE4" name="Kitchings Mill" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34084NEH4" name="Martinez" parent="q34084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWA2" name="Mechanic Hill" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03060106" name="Middle Savannah" parent="h030601" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWD2" name="Monetta" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWC1" name="New Ellenton" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWD2" name="New Ellenton SE" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWC2" name="New Ellenton SW" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWA4" name="North Augusta" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03050203" name="North Fork Edisto" parent="h030502" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWD4" name="Oakwood" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWG3" name="Pond Branch" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWC2" name="Ridge Spring" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWA3" name="Ropers Crossroads" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03050207" name="Salkehatchie" parent="h030502" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWF4" name="Salley" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03050109" name="Saluda" parent="h030501" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p838" name="Savannah River Plant" parent="p44" scope="Department of Energy"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWE3" name="Seivern" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWB3" name="Shell Bluff Landing" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03050204" name="South Fork Edisto" parent="h030502" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWF1" name="Springfield" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWE2" name="Steedman" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWB3" name="Trenton" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082NWF3" name="Wagener" parent="q34082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWE1" name="Williston" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWD1" name="Windsor" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>