<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="f55049" name="Iowa" parent="fUS55" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS55" name="Wisconsin" 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="q44090SWA3" name="Arena" parent="q44090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEF3" name="Avoca" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44090SWA4" name="Barneveld" parent="q44090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090NWB2" name="Blanchardville" parent="q43090NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44090SWB4" name="Blue Mounds" parent="q44090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEG4" name="Clyde" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090NWB1" name="Daleyville" parent="q43090NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NEG1" name="Dodgeville" parent="q43092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NE" name="Dubuque North" parent="q43092" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07060003" name="Grant-Little Maquoketa" parent="h070600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEF4" name="Highland East" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEE4" name="Highland West" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090NWA1" name="Hollandale" parent="q43090NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NEH1" name="Jonesdale" parent="q43092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NEF1" name="Linden" parent="q43092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEG3" name="Lone Rock" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07070005" name="Lower Wisconsin" parent="h070700" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44090SW" name="Madison" parent="q44090" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44090SWB3" name="Mazomanie" parent="q44090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NEF2" name="Mifflin" parent="q43092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NEG2" name="Mineral Point" parent="q43092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090NW" name="Monroe" parent="q43090" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NEE1" name="Montfort" parent="q43092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEE3" name="Muscoda" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07090003" name="Pecatonica" parent="h070900" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEH4" name="Pleasant Ridge" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NEE2" name="Rewey" parent="q43092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SE" name="Richland Center" parent="q44092" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEH3" name="Spring Green" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NEH2" name="Waldwick" parent="q43092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43090NWA2" name="Yellowstone Lake" parent="q43090NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>