<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="fUS30" name="Montana" 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 areas focused on the US"/></bt><nt><term thcode="1" code="f30001" name="Beaverhead" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30003" name="Big Horn" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30005" name="Blaine" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30007" name="Broadwater" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30009" name="Carbon" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30011" name="Carter" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30013" name="Cascade" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30015" name="Chouteau" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30017" name="Custer" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30019" name="Daniels" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30021" name="Dawson" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30023" name="Deer Lodge" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30025" name="Fallon" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30027" name="Fergus" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30029" name="Flathead" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30031" name="Gallatin" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30033" name="Garfield" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30035" name="Glacier" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30037" name="Golden Valley" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30039" name="Granite" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30041" name="Hill" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30043" name="Jefferson" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30045" name="Judith Basin" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30047" name="Lake" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30049" name="Lewis and Clark" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30051" name="Liberty" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30053" name="Lincoln" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30057" name="Madison" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30055" name="McCone" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30059" name="Meagher" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30061" name="Mineral" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30063" name="Missoula" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30065" name="Musselshell" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30067" name="Park" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30069" name="Petroleum" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30071" name="Phillips" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30073" name="Pondera" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30075" name="Powder River" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30077" name="Powell" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30079" name="Prairie" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30081" name="Ravalli" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30083" name="Richland" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30085" name="Roosevelt" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30087" name="Rosebud" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30089" name="Sanders" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30091" name="Sheridan" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30093" name="Silver Bow" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30095" name="Stillwater" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30097" name="Sweet Grass" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30099" name="Teton" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30101" name="Toole" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30103" name="Treasure" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30105" name="Valley" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30107" name="Wheatland" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30109" name="Wibaux" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f30111" name="Yellowstone" parent="fUS30" scope="county"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="q45112" name="Ashton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1008" name="Big Horn" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q46110" name="Billings" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46112" name="Bozeman" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47114" name="Butte" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1012" name="Cheyenne" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q48114" name="Choteau" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45110" name="Cody" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49114" name="Cut Bank" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46114" name="Dillon" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45114" name="Dubois" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46106" name="Ekalaka" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46116" name="Elk City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108" name="Forsyth" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45106" name="Gillette" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49108" name="Glasgow" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48106" name="Glendive" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48112" name="Great Falls" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47116" name="Hamilton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46108" name="Hardin" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49110" name="Havre" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48108" name="Jordan" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49116" name="Kalispell" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1701" name="Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q48110" name="Lewistown" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="a304" name="Lower Cretaceous aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="h1706" name="Lower 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