<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="f46013" name="Brown" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS46" name="South 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="q46100SE" name="Aberdeen" parent="q46100" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEE1" name="Aberdeen East" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SED1" name="Aberdeen West" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098NWA3" name="Amherst" parent="q46098NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098SWA1" name="Andover" parent="q46098SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098SWA2" name="Andover SW" parent="q46098SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEF1" name="Bath" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEF3" name="Brentford" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEC3" name="Chelsea" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEH3" name="Claremont" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEF4" name="Columbia" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEF3" name="Columbia NE" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEH3" name="Conde" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098SWA3" name="Crandall" parent="q46098SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1705" name="Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEG3" name="Daly Corners" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NED1" name="Ellendale South" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10160004" name="Elm" parent="h101600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NE" name="Elm River" parent="q46100" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEH2" name="Ferney" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NED2" name="Frederick" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEC1" name="Frederick NW" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEC2" name="Frederick SW" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEH1" name="Groton" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEG2" name="Groton SW" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEG1" name="Hecla" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEH1" name="Hecla NE" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEH2" name="Hecla SE" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEG2" name="Houghton" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEH4" name="Huffton" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEG1" name="James" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEC1" name="Lake Parmley" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEC2" name="Lake Parmley SW" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098NWA4" name="Langford SW" parent="q46098NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEE3" name="Mellette" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10160006" name="Middle James" parent="h101600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h10160005" name="Mud" parent="h101600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098NWA1" name="Newark NW" parent="q46098NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098NWA2" name="Newark SW" parent="q46098NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SED3" name="Northville" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEE4" name="Ordway" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEG4" name="Putney" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEG3" name="Randolph" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NED4" name="Richmond" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NED3" name="Richmond NE" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEC3" name="Richmond NW" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEC4" name="Richmond SW" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SED2" name="Rudolph" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1959" name="Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEF1" name="Savo NE" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEE1" name="Savo NW" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEF2" name="Savo SE" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEE2" name="Savo SW" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098NW" name="Sisseton" parent="q46098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10160008" name="Snake" parent="h101600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEF2" name="Stratford" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h10160003" name="Upper James" parent="h101600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100SEE2" name="Warner" parent="q46100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098SW" name="Webster" parent="q46098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46100NEE3" name="Westport" parent="q46100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>