<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="f48039" name="Brazoria" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS48" name="Texas" 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="q30096SWG1" name="Algoa" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWE4" name="Almeda" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SW" name="Angleton" parent="q30096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWE3" name="Angleton" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWB4" name="Ashwood" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h12040205" name="Austin-Oyster" parent="h120402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWB1" name="Bay City NE" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWD4" name="Brazoria" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1652" name="Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWE2" name="Cedar Lakes East" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWD2" name="Cedar Lakes West" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWC1" name="Cedar Lane" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWD1" name="Cedar Lane NE" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWG4" name="Christmas Point" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWG1" name="Christmas Point Oe S" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWC2" name="Damon" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWF3" name="Danbury" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWB3" name="Danciger" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWD3" name="East Columbia" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h12090402" name="East Matagorda Bay" parent="h120904" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NW" name="Freeport" parent="q29096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWF1" name="Freeport" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWG4" name="Friendswood" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWB2" name="Guy" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWH2" name="Hitchcock" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWG3" name="Hoskins Mound" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NW" name="Houston" parent="q30096" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWE1" name="Jones Creek" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWE1" name="Juliff" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWE4" name="Lake Jackson" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWF2" name="Liverpool" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h12070104" name="Lower Brazos" parent="h120701" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWF1" name="Manvel" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWG2" name="Mustang Bayou" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWD2" name="Otey" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWF4" name="Oyster Creek" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWF4" name="Pearland" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWE2" name="Rosharon" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h12090401" name="San Bernard" parent="h120904" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1952" name="San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWH3" name="Sea Isle" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWC4" name="Sweeny" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWD1" name="Thompsons" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWC3" name="West Columbia" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h12040204" name="West Galveston Bay" parent="h120402" scope="hydrologic unit"/></rt></descriptor>