<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="h01070002" name="Merrimack" parent="h010700" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h010700" name="Merrimack" parent="h0107" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0107" name="Merrimack" parent="h01" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h01" name="New England" parent="hroot" scope="hydrologic region"/><term 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parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWF1" name="Derry" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f25009" name="Essex" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEA1" name="Exeter" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWH1" name="Farmington" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWC1" name="Franklin" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWF1" name="Gilmanton Ironworks" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWD4" name="Goffstown" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWF3" name="Gossville" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f33009" name="Grafton" parent="fUS33" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWB1" name="Greenfield" 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name="Kingston" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072NWE4" name="Laconia" parent="q44072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWG3" name="Lawrence" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWG1" name="Lexington" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWE2" name="Loudon" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWF3" name="Lowell" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWE4" name="Manchester North" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWE1" name="Manchester South" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072NWF3" name="Melvin Village" parent="q44072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f33013" name="Merrimack" parent="fUS33" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f25017" name="Middlesex" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWC2" name="Milford" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1334" name="Minute Man National Historical Park" parent="p39" scope="National Historic Park"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWG4" name="Mount Pawtuckaway" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWE2" name="Nashua North" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWE3" name="Nashua South" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWC1" name="New Boston" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEB2" name="Newburyport East" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEA2" name="Newburyport West" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWD1" name="Northfield" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWG3" name="Northwood" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072NWH3" name="Ossipee" parent="q44072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWG2" name="Parker Mountain" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1901" name="Parker River National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWD2" name="Penacook" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWD3" name="Pepperell" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWA1" name="Peterborough North" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWA2" name="Peterborough South" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWD1" name="Pinardville" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWF2" name="Pittsfield" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWH4" name="Reading" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f33015" name="Rockingham" parent="fUS33" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWG2" name="Salem Depot" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072NWH4" name="Sanbornville" parent="q44072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWG1" name="Sandown" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWH3" name="South Groveland" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWD2" name="South Merrimack" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072NWD2" name="Squam Mountains" parent="q44072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f33017" name="Strafford" parent="fUS33" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWE3" name="Suncook" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072NWF2" name="Tamworth" parent="q44072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072NWG3" name="Tuftonboro" parent="q44072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2034" name="Wapack National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWC4" name="Weare" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072SWC2" name="Webster" parent="q44072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44072NWF4" name="West Alton" parent="q44072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWE4" name="Westford" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWG4" 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