<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="f51023" name="Botetourt" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS51" name="Virginia" 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="q38080NWD4" name="Arnold Valley" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1510" name="Blue Ridge Parkway" parent="p45" scope="National Parkway"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWC4" name="Buchanan" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NW" name="Buena Vista" parent="q38080" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEH1" name="Catawba" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWB2" name="Clifton Forge" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWA1" name="Daleville" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWB3" name="Eagle Rock" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1193" name="George Washington National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1207" name="Jefferson National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082NEH3" name="Jordan Mines" parent="q38082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082NE" name="Lewisburg" parent="q38082" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWC2" name="Longdale Furnace" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02080202" name="Maury" parent="h020802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h02080203" name="Middle James-Buffalo" parent="h020802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWC1" name="Montvale" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWD3" name="Natural Bridge" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082NEH4" name="New Castle" parent="q38082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWA4" name="Oriskany" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWD1" name="Peaks of Otter" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SE" name="Radford" parent="q38082" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SW" name="Roanoke" parent="q38080" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWA2" name="Roanoke" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWB4" name="Salisbury" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWB2" name="Stewartsville" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWA3" name="Strom" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWC3" name="Sugarloaf Mountain" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2754" name="Thunder Ridge Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h02080201" name="Upper James" parent="h020802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h03010101" name="Upper Roanoke" parent="h030101" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWB1" name="Villamont" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>