<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="h01050002" name="Maine Coastal" parent="h010500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h010500" name="Maine Coastal" parent="h0105" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0105" name="Maine Coastal" parent="h01" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h01" name="New England" parent="hroot" scope="hydrologic region"/><term thcode="1" code="hroot" name="US hydrologic units" parent="fUS" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><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><rt><term thcode="1" code="p1456" name="Acadia National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NWC4" name="Addison" parent="q45068NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEG1" name="Alligator Lake" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEF2" name="Amherst" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEG3" name="Baker Island" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEG1" name="Bar Harbor" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEE2" name="Bartlett Island" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEF3" name="Bass Harbor" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEE3" name="Beech Hill Pond" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWH1" name="Belfast" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46068SWC3" name="Big Lake" parent="q46068SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SED1" name="Blue Hill" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NWD2" name="Bog Lake" parent="q45068NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068SWB1" name="Bois Bubert" parent="q45068SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NED4" name="Branch Lake" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46070SEF4" name="Brandy Pond" parent="q46070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEC3" name="Brewer Lake" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SED2" name="Brooklin" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWH4" name="Brooks East" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NWG4" name="Brooks West" parent="q45070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEB4" name="Bucksport" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46070SEE3" name="Burlington" parent="q46070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWH3" name="Camden" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEB2" name="Cape Rosier" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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parent="q46068SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEF4" name="Frenchboro" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44070NWF1" name="Friendship" parent="q44070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46070SEH4" name="Gassabias Lake" parent="q46070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46068SWB3" name="Grand Lake Stream" parent="q46068SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEF1" name="Great Pond" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068SWD1" name="Great Wass Island" parent="q45068SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NED3" name="Green Lake" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46070SEE4" name="Greenfield" parent="q46070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NWE2" name="Hadley Lake" parent="q45068NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f23009" name="Hancock" parent="fUS23" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEF4" name="Hancock" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NWB4" name="Harrington" parent="q45068NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44070NWH1" name="Hewett Island" parent="q44070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44070NWH2" name="Hewett Island Oe S" parent="q44070NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEE2" name="Hopkins Pond" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SED4" name="Isle Au Haut East" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEC4" name="Isle Au Haut West" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEA2" name="Islesboro" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEE4" name="Johns Island" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NWD4" name="Jonesport" parent="q45068NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f23013" name="Knox" parent="fUS23" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NWE1" name="Lake Cathance" parent="q45068NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070NEH2" name="Lead Mountain" parent="q45070NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SEA4" name="Leadbetter Island" parent="q45070SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45070SWH2" name="Lincolnville" parent="q45070SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NWF2" name="Long Lake" parent="q45068NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NEA2" name="Lubec" parent="q45068NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45068NWE3" name="Machias" parent="q45068NW" scope="quadrangle 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