<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="fUS46" name="South 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 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name="Clay" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46029" name="Codington" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46031" name="Corson" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46033" name="Custer" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46035" name="Davison" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46037" name="Day" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46039" name="Deuel" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46041" name="Dewey" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46043" name="Douglas" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46045" name="Edmunds" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46047" name="Fall River" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46049" name="Faulk" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46051" name="Grant" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46053" name="Gregory" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46055" name="Haakon" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46057" name="Hamlin" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46059" name="Hand" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46061" name="Hanson" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46063" name="Harding" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46065" name="Hughes" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46067" name="Hutchinson" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46069" name="Hyde" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46071" name="Jackson" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46073" name="Jerauld" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46075" name="Jones" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46077" name="Kingsbury" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46079" name="Lake" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46081" name="Lawrence" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46083" name="Lincoln" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46085" name="Lyman" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46091" name="Marshall" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46087" name="McCook" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46089" name="McPherson" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46093" name="Meade" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46095" name="Mellette" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46097" name="Miner" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46099" name="Minnehaha" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46101" name="Moody" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46103" name="Pennington" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46105" name="Perkins" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46107" name="Potter" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46109" name="Roberts" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46111" name="Sanborn" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46113" name="Shannon" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46115" name="Spink" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46117" name="Stanley" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46119" name="Sully" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46121" name="Todd" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46123" name="Tripp" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46125" name="Turner" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46127" name="Union" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46129" name="Walworth" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46135" name="Yankton" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46137" name="Ziebach" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="q46100" name="Aberdeen" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104" name="Alliance" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1012" name="Cheyenne" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q46106" name="Ekalaka" 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="a107" name="High Plains aquifer" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q44104" name="Hot Springs" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45100" name="Huron" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1016" name="James" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><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="q44102" name="Martin" 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="h0702" name="Minnesota" parent="h07" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1017" name="Missouri-Big Sioux" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><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="h1014" name="Missouri-White" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q44100" name="Mitchell" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44106" name="Newcastle" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1015" name="Niobrara" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100" name="O'Neill" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="a504" name="Paleozoic aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102" name="Pierre" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45104" name="Rapid City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h0902" name="Red" parent="h09" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098" name="Sioux City" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44098" name="Sioux 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="q43102" name="Valentine" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45098" name="Watertown" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>