<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="f53001" name="Adams" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS53" name="Washington" 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" 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name="Frischknecht" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWF3" name="Hanford NE" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p833" name="Hanford Site" parent="p44" scope="Department of Energy"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEF2" name="Harrington SE" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEB2" name="Hatton" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEA1" name="Hatton NW" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47118NWA1" name="Honn Lakes" parent="q47118NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEG2" name="Hooper" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEB2" name="Irby" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NED3" name="Kahlotus" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEE3" name="Ritzville NW" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEF4" name="Ritzville SE" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEE4" name="Ritzville SW" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17060109" name="Rock" parent="h170601" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q48118SW" name="Rosalia" parent="q48118" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEB1" name="Roxboro" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEA3" name="Ruff" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SED3" name="Schoonover" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEB4" name="Schrag" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWH3" name="Scooteney Reservoir" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEA2" name="Shano" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWG1" name="Soda Lake" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEE3" name="Sperry" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48118SWA2" name="Sprague" parent="q48118SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEH2" name="Sprague Lake" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEG2" name="Sprague Lake SW" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEC3" name="Sulphur Lake" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SED2" name="Sylvan Lake" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWF2" name="Taunton" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17020016" name="Upper Columbia-Priest Rapids" parent="h170200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h17020013" name="Upper Crab" parent="h170200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWH1" name="Warden" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEF2" name="Washtucna North" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEF3" name="Washtucna South" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SEA4" name="Weber" parent="q48120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NEE2" name="West of Washtucna" parent="q47120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>