<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="f50005" name="Caledonia" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS50" name="Vermont" 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="q45074SEH2" name="Barnet" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NWA4" name="Burke Mountain" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEF1" name="Cabot" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEF4" name="Caspian Lake" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072SWA1" name="Concord" parent="q45072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEG3" name="Crystal Lake" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NWB4" name="Gallup Mills" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEG3" name="Groton" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NW" name="Groveton" parent="q45072" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NWA2" name="Island Pond" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEG1" name="Joes Pond" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEF3" name="Knox Mountain" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02010005" name="Lamoille" parent="h020100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072SWB2" name="Littleton" parent="q45072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072SWA2" name="Lower Waterford" parent="q45072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEH4" name="Lyndonville" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEF2" name="Marshfield" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072SWB1" name="Miles Pond" parent="q45072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SE" name="Montpelier" parent="q45074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NE" name="Mount Mansfield" parent="q45074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072SW" name="Mount Washington" parent="q45072" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h01080102" name="Passumpsic" parent="h010801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEG2" name="Peacham" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEH1" name="Saint Johnsbury" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NWB3" name="Seneca Mountain" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h01110000" name="St. Francois" parent="h011100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEG4" name="Stannard" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEH3" name="Sutton" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h01080101" name="Upper Connecticut" parent="h010801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h01080103" name="Waits" parent="h010801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NWA3" name="West Burke" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02010003" name="Winooski" parent="h020100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEE4" name="Wolcott" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEE1" name="Woodbury" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEH3" name="Woodsville" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>