<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="f53057" name="Skagit" 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="q49124NEG3" name="Acme" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEF4" name="Alger" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NED4" name="Anacortes North" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SED1" name="Anacortes South" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEB3" name="Azurite Peak" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWD3" name="Bacon Peak" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWB3" name="Baker Pass" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NE" name="Bellingham" parent="q49124" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEE3" name="Bellingham South" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWF4" name="Big Devil Peak" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEE4" name="Bow" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWH1" name="Cascade Pass" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEH3" name="Cavanaugh Creek" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEF2" name="Conway" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEA3" name="Crater Mountain" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SED2" name="Crescent Harbor" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEC4" name="Cypress Island" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWE3" name="Damnation Peak" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWD2" name="Darrington" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWA1" name="Day Lake" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEC1" name="Deception Pass" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWG3" name="Diablo Dam" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWH2" name="Dome Peak" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWG2" name="Downey Mountain" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWG4" name="Eldorado Peak" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWC1" name="Finney Peak" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWH4" name="Forbidden Peak" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWC2" name="Fortson" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWB1" name="Gee Point" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2525" name="Glacier Peak Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SEA1" name="Goode Mountain" parent="q49122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWB4" name="Grandy Lake" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWA4" name="Hamilton" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEH1" name="Haystack Mountain" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWF2" name="Huckleberry Mountain" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWE1" name="Illabot Peaks" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEE1" name="La Conner" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17020009" name="Lake Chelan" parent="h170200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWC4" name="Lake Shannon" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEF3" name="Lake Whatcom" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110007" name="Lower Skagit" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEC3" name="Lummi Island" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEH4" name="Lyman" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWE4" name="Marblemount" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEG2" name="Mcmurray" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17020008" name="Methow" parent="h170200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEB4" name="Mount Arriva" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NW" name="Mount Baker" parent="q49122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p596" name="Mount Baker Helicopter Training Area" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="p1227" name="Mount Baker National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p2618" name="Mount Baker Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWB2" name="Mount Higgins" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEA4" name="Mount Logan" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWF3" name="Mount Triumph" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEF1" name="Mount Vernon" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2644" name="Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110004" name="Nooksack" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1494" name="North Cascades National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1236" name="Okanogan National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWA2" name="Oso" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SE" name="Port Townsend" parent="q49124" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWE2" name="Prairie Mountain" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110019" name="Puget Sound" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NE" name="Robinson Mountain" parent="q49122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWD1" name="Rockport" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWH3" name="Ross Dam" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1567" name="Ross Lake National Recreation Area" parent="p32" scope="National Recreation Area"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110006" name="Sauk" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWD4" name="Sauk Mountain" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SW" name="Sauk River" parent="q49122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEG4" name="Sedro-woolley North" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEG1" name="Sedro-woolley South" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEC3" name="Slate Peak" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWF1" name="Snowking Mountain" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SWG1" name="Sonny Boy Lakes" parent="q49122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2886" name="Stephen Mather Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110008" name="Stillaguamish" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEH2" name="Stimson Hill" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110002" name="Strait of Georgia" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p1050" name="Swinomish Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWA3" name="Twin Sisters Mountain" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122SE" name="Twisp" parent="q49122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110005" name="Upper Skagit" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124SEE2" name="Utsalady" parent="q49124SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEC4" name="Washington Pass" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWC3" name="Welker Peak" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1297" name="Wenatchee National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/></rt></descriptor>