<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="f50021" name="Rutland" 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="q44074NWF3" name="Benson" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2422" name="Big Branch Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h01080106" name="Black-Ottauquechee" parent="h010801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWG3" name="Bomoseen" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWH2" name="Brandon" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NEA3" name="Chittenden" parent="q44074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SE" name="Claremont" parent="q44074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SEA2" name="Danby" parent="q44074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NEC3" name="Delectable Mountain" parent="q44074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SWH2" name="Dorset" parent="q44074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SW" name="Glens Falls" parent="q44074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SWF1" name="Granville" parent="q44074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1197" name="Green Mountain National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="h02020003" name="Hudson-Hoosic" parent="h020200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NEB4" name="Killington Peak" parent="q44074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02010001" name="Lake George" parent="h020100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SEC1" name="Ludlow" parent="q44074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SWH1" name="Middletown Springs" parent="q44074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NEA2" name="Mount Carmel" parent="q44074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SEB1" name="Mount Holly" parent="q44074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWF2" name="Orwell" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02010002" name="Otter" parent="h020100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SWG2" name="Pawlet" parent="q44074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2659" name="Peru Peak Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NEB3" name="Pico Peak" parent="q44074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NEC4" name="Plymouth" parent="q44074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWG4" name="Poultney" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWH3" name="Proctor" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWE3" name="Putnam" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NEB2" name="Rochester" parent="q44074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NE" name="Rutland" parent="q44074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NEA4" name="Rutland" parent="q44074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWG2" name="Sudbury" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWF4" name="Thorn Hill" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NW" name="Ticonderoga" parent="q44074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SEA1" name="Wallingford" parent="q44074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SWG1" name="Wells" parent="q44074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h01080107" name="West" parent="h010801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SWF2" name="West Pawlet" parent="q44074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWH4" name="West Rutland" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074SEB2" name="Weston" parent="q44074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h01080105" name="White" parent="h010801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1549" name="White Rocks National Recreation Area" parent="p34" scope="National Recreation Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q44074NWE4" name="Whitehall" parent="q44074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>