<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="f53005" name="Benton" 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" scope="continent"/><term thcode="1" code="root" name="Earth" scope="Common geographic areas focused on the US"/></bt><rt><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWF3" name="Badger Mountain" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWE2" name="Benton City" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NWC2" name="Boardman" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWA4" name="Cairn Hope Peak" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NWB1" name="Canoe Ridge" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWG2" name="Columbia Point" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWD2" name="Corral Canyon" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWD3" name="Coyote Rapids" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NWB2" name="Crow Butte" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWB4" name="Emerson Nipple" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWD4" name="Gable Butte" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWE4" name="Hanford" 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="q46120NWG1" name="Hat Rock" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NW" name="Hermiston" parent="q46120" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWE1" name="Horn Rapids Dam" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SEA3" name="Humorist" parent="q47120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWD1" name="Iowa Flats" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NWE1" name="Irrigon" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWG4" name="Johnson Butte" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NWH1" name="Juniper" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NEA1" name="Juniper Canyon" parent="q46120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWG3" name="Kennewick" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p374" name="Lake Wallula" parent="p19" scope="Army Corps of Engineers"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWC4" name="Lenzie Ranch" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWE3" name="Locke Island" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17030003" name="Lower Yakima, Washington" parent="h170300" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWB1" name="Maiden Spring" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17070101" name="Middle Columbia-Lake Wallula" parent="h170701" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWH4" name="Nine Canyon" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWH3" name="Pasco" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NWD1" name="Paterson" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NE" name="Pendleton" parent="q46120" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NW" name="Priest Rapids" parent="q47120" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWA3" name="Priest Rapids" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWB3" name="Priest Rapids NE" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWE4" name="Prior Ranch" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWB3" name="Prosser" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWB4" name="Prosser SE" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SW" name="Richland" parent="q47120" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWF2" name="Richland" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWC4" name="Riverland" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1943" name="Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWB2" name="Sagebrush Ridge" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWF4" name="Savage Island" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWC2" name="Snipes Creek" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWC1" name="Snively Basin" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWF4" name="Taylor Canyon" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NWF1" name="Umatilla" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2024" name="Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="h17020016" name="Upper Columbia-Priest Rapids" parent="h170200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120NWC3" name="Vernita Bridge" parent="q47120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SE" name="Walla Walla" parent="q47120" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SEA4" name="Wallula" parent="q47120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWE3" name="Webber Canyon" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120NWC1" name="West of Paterson" parent="q46120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWC3" name="Whitstran" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWD3" name="Whitstran NE" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWD4" name="Whitstran SE" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120SWF1" name="Wooded Island" parent="q47120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>