<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="f55123" name="Vernon" 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="q44092NEB4" name="Avalanche" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07070004" name="Baraboo" parent="h070700" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWF3" name="Brownsville" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWH3" name="Coon Valley" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07060001" name="Coon-Yellow" parent="h070600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWG1" name="De Soto" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SW" name="Decorah" parent="q44092" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEC3" name="Dell" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEA3" name="Esofea" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWG4" name="Genoa" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEF3" name="Hillsboro" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07070006" name="Kickapoo" parent="h070700" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NW" name="La Crosse" parent="q44092" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEC4" name="La Farge" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07070005" name="Lower Wisconsin" parent="h070700" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWH4" name="Newton" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NED3" name="Ontario" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEB1" name="Readstown" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWF4" name="Reno" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWH1" name="Retreat" parent="q44092SW" 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="q44092SEA1" name="Rising Sun" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NE" name="Sparta" parent="q44092" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWG3" name="Stoddard" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEC1" name="Sugar Grove" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEE3" name="Trippville" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2027" name="Upper Mississippi River Wildlife And Fish Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEF4" name="Valton" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEA4" name="Viroqua" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NED4" name="West Lima" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEB3" name="Westby" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEE4" name="Yuba" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>