<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="f53073" name="Whatcom" 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="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="q49122NWB1" name="Bearpaw Mountain" 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="q49124NEE2" name="Bellingham North" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEE3" name="Bellingham South" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NED1" name="Bertrand Creek" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEB1" name="Birch Point" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEC1" name="Blaine" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEH2" name="Canyon Lake" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEB1" name="Castle Peak" parent="q49122NE" 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="q49122NWE1" name="Copper Mountain" parent="q49122NW" 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="q49122NWE3" name="Damnation Peak" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEG2" name="Deming" parent="q49124NE" 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="q49124NED3" name="Eliza Island" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NED2" name="Ferndale" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110001" name="Fraser" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWA1" name="Glacier" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWA2" name="Groat Mountain" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWH1" name="Hozomeen Mountain" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEA2" name="Jack Mountain" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEG1" name="Kendall" parent="q49124NE" 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="q49124NEF2" name="Lawrence" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEC2" name="Lummi Bay" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEB2" name="Lummi Bay Oe W" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p951" name="Lummi Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEC3" name="Lummi Island" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEE1" name="Lynden" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEH1" name="Maple Falls" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17020008" name="Methow" parent="h170200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NW" name="Mount Baker" parent="q49122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWB2" name="Mount Baker" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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="p1541" name="Mount Baker National Recreation Area" parent="p34" scope="National Recreation Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2618" name="Mount Baker Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWE2" name="Mount Blum" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWF2" name="Mount Challenger" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWC1" name="Mount Larrabee" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWG2" name="Mount Prophet" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWF1" name="Mount Redoubt" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWD1" name="Mount Sefrit" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWD2" name="Mount Shuksan" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWG1" name="Mount Spickard" parent="q49122NW" 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="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="q49122NEC2" name="Pasayten Peak" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2656" name="Pasayten Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NWH1" name="Point Roberts" parent="q49124NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWH2" name="Pumpkin Mountain" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NE" name="Robinson Mountain" parent="q49122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NW" name="Roche Harbor" parent="q49124" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 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="q49122NWC2" name="Shuksan Arm" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEB2" name="Shull Mountain" parent="q49122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17020007" name="Similkameen" parent="h170200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NEA1" name="Skagit Peak" parent="q49122NE" 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="p2886" name="Stephen Mather Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110002" name="Strait of Georgia" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124NEF1" name="Sumas" parent="q49124NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWA3" name="Twin Sisters Mountain" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h17110005" name="Upper Skagit" parent="h171100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122NWC3" name="Welker Peak" parent="q49122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>