<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="f50019" name="Orleans" 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="q45074NEE3" name="Albany" parent="q45074NE" 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="q45074NEF3" name="Craftsbury" parent="q45074NE" 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="q45072NW" name="Groveton" parent="q45072" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NED2" name="Hazens Notch" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEF2" name="Irasburg" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NWA2" name="Island Pond" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NED1" name="Jay Peak" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074XED4" name="Jay Peak Oe N" parent="q45074XE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02010005" name="Lamoille" parent="h020100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEE2" name="Lowell" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02010007" name="Missisquoi" parent="h020100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NWA1" name="Morgan Center" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46072SWA4" name="Morgan Center Oe N" parent="q46072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NE" name="Mount Mansfield" parent="q45074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEG1" name="Newport" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEF1" name="Newport Center" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074XEF4" name="Newport Center Oe N" parent="q45074XE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074XEG4" name="Newport Oe N" parent="q45074XE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEE1" name="North Troy" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074XEE4" name="North Troy Oe N" parent="q45074XE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074XE" name="North of Mount Mansfield" parent="q45074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45072NWB1" name="Norton Pond" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEG2" name="Orleans" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h01080102" name="Passumpsic" parent="h010801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q46072SW" name="Sherbrooke" parent="q46072" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 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="q45072NWA3" name="West Burke" parent="q45072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEH1" name="West Charleston" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074XEH4" name="West Charleston Oe N" parent="q45074XE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEH2" name="Westmore" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEE4" name="Wolcott" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>