<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="fUS53" name="Washington" 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="f53001" name="Adams" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53003" name="Asotin" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53005" name="Benton" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53007" name="Chelan" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53009" name="Clallam" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53011" name="Clark" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53013" name="Columbia" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53015" name="Cowlitz" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53017" name="Douglas" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53019" name="Ferry" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53021" name="Franklin" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53023" name="Garfield" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53025" name="Grant" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53027" name="Grays Harbor" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53029" name="Island" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53031" name="Jefferson" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53033" name="King" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53035" name="Kitsap" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53037" name="Kittitas" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53039" name="Klickitat" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53041" name="Lewis" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53043" name="Lincoln" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53045" name="Mason" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53047" name="Okanogan" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53049" name="Pacific" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53051" name="Pend Oreille" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53053" name="Pierce" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53055" name="San Juan" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53057" name="Skagit" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53059" name="Skamania" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53061" name="Snohomish" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53063" name="Spokane" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53065" name="Stevens" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53067" name="Thurston" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53069" name="Wahkiakum" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53071" name="Walla Walla" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53073" name="Whatcom" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53075" name="Whitman" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f53077" name="Yakima" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="q49126" name="Cape Flattery" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="a607" name="Columbia Plateau basaltic-rock aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="a116" name="Columbia Plateau basin-fill aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q49122" name="Concrete" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48125" name="Copalis Beach" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46118" name="Grangeville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47124" name="Hoquiam" 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="h1708" name="Lower Columbia" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1706" name="Lower Snake" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1707" name="Middle Columbia" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="a105" name="Northern Rocky Mountains Intermontane Basins aquifer system" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q49120" name="Okanogan" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1710" name="Oregon-Washington Coastal" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="a610" name="Pacific Northwest basaltic-rock aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="a104" name="Pacific Northwest basin-fill aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q46120" name="Pendleton" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1711" name="Puget Sound" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="a112" name="Puget Sound aquifer system" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="q47118" name="Pullman" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120" name="Ritzville" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49118" name="Sandpoint" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48124" name="Seattle" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48118" name="Spokane" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46122" name="The Dalles" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h1702" name="Upper Columbia" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q46124" name="Vancouver" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49124" name="Victoria" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47120" name="Walla Walla" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48122" name="Wenatchee" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="a115" name="Willamette Lowland basin-fill aquifers" parent="aroot" scope="aquifer"/><term thcode="1" code="h1703" name="Yakima" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="q47122" name="Yakima" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>