<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="fUS38" name="North Dakota" 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="f38001" name="Adams" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38003" name="Barnes" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38005" name="Benson" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38007" name="Billings" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38009" name="Bottineau" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38011" name="Bowman" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38013" name="Burke" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38015" name="Burleigh" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38017" name="Cass" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38019" name="Cavalier" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38021" name="Dickey" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38023" name="Divide" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38025" name="Dunn" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38027" name="Eddy" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38029" name="Emmons" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38031" name="Foster" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38033" name="Golden Valley" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38035" name="Grand Forks" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38037" name="Grant" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38039" name="Griggs" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38041" name="Hettinger" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38043" name="Kidder" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38045" name="LaMoure" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38047" name="Logan" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38049" name="McHenry" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38051" name="McIntosh" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38053" name="McKenzie" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38055" name="McLean" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38057" name="Mercer" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38059" name="Morton" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38061" name="Mountrail" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38063" name="Nelson" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38065" name="Oliver" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38067" name="Pembina" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38069" name="Pierce" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38071" name="Ramsey" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38073" name="Ransom" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38075" name="Renville" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38077" name="Richland" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38079" name="Rolette" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38081" name="Sargent" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38083" name="Sheridan" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38085" name="Sioux" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38087" name="Slope" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38089" name="Stark" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38091" name="Steele" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38093" name="Stutsman" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38095" name="Towner" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38097" name="Traill" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38099" name="Walsh" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38101" name="Ward" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38103" name="Wells" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f38105" name="Williams" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="q46100" name="Aberdeen" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47102" name="Bismark" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100" name="Devils Lake" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47104" name="Dickinson" 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="q47098" name="Fargo" 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="q48098" name="Grand Forks" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1016" name="James" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q47100" name="Jamestown" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46104" name="Lemmon" 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="a314" name="Lower Tertiary aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="h1010" name="Lower Yellowstone" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q48102" name="Mcclusky" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46102" name="Mcintosh" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46098" name="Milbank" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106" name="Miles City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49102" name="Minot" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1011" name="Missouri-Little Missouri" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1013" name="Missouri-Oahe" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1006" name="Missouri-Poplar" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100" name="New Rockford" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="a504" name="Paleozoic aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="h0902" name="Red" parent="h09" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h0901" name="Souris" parent="h09" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q49098" name="Thief River Falls" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="a315" name="Upper Cretaceous aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q48104" name="Watford City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49104" name="Williston" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49106" name="Wolf Point" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>