<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="fUS08" name="Colorado" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><bt><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 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name="Costilla" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08025" name="Crowley" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08027" name="Custer" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08029" name="Delta" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08031" name="Denver" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08033" name="Dolores" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08035" name="Douglas" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08037" name="Eagle" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08041" name="El Paso" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08039" name="Elbert" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08043" name="Fremont" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08045" name="Garfield" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08047" name="Gilpin" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08049" name="Grand" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08051" name="Gunnison" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08053" name="Hinsdale" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08055" name="Huerfano" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08057" name="Jackson" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08059" name="Jefferson" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08061" name="Kiowa" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08063" name="Kit Carson" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08067" name="La Plata" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08065" name="Lake" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08069" name="Larimer" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08071" name="Las Animas" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f08073" name="Lincoln" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" 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scope="county"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="q37108" name="Aztec" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42106" name="Cheyenne" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="a301" name="Colorado Plateaus aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="h1401" name="Colorado headwaters" parent="h14" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110" name="Cortez" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41108" name="Craig" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37104" name="Dalhart" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40106" name="Denver" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="a302" name="Denver Basin aquifer system" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q38108" name="Durango" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40110" name="Grand Junction" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1404" name="Great Divide - Upper Green" parent="h14" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q41106" name="Greeley" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1402" name="Gunnison" parent="h14" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="a107" name="High Plains aquifer" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q38104" name="La Junta" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39104" name="Lamar" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40108" name="Leadville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40104" name="Limon" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1406" name="Lower Green" parent="h14" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1103" name="Middle Arkansas" parent="h11" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q39110" name="Moab" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39108" name="Montrose" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1018" name="North Platte" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q39106" name="Pueblo" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37106" name="Raton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42108" name="Rawlins" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1025" name="Republican" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="a102" name="Rio Grande aquifer system" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="h1301" name="Rio Grande headwaters" parent="h13" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1302" name="Rio Grande-Elephant Butte" parent="h13" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q42110" name="Rock Springs" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1408" name="San Juan" parent="h14" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104" name="Scotts Bluff" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37110" name="Shiprock" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1026" name="Smoky Hill" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1019" name="South Platte" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q41104" name="Sterling" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38106" name="Trinidad" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1102" name="Upper Arkansas" parent="h11" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1108" name="Upper Canadian" parent="h11" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1104" name="Upper Cimarron" parent="h11" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1403" name="Upper Colorado-Dolores" parent="h14" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q41110" name="Vernal" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1405" name="White-Yampa" parent="h14" scope="hydrologic subregion"/></rt></descriptor>