<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="h01090001" name="Charles" parent="h010900" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h010900" name="Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal" parent="h0109" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0109" name="Massachusetts-Rhode Island 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="q43072SWD4" name="Blackstone" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWH3" name="Blue Hills" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWH1" name="Boston North" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWH2" name="Boston South" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWH4" name="Brockton" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SEB3" name="Cohasset" parent="q43072SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWF1" name="Concord" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f25009" name="Essex" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWE2" name="Framingham" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWE4" name="Franklin" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEA3" name="Georgetown" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEC4" name="Gloucester" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEC3" name="Gloucester Oe N" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWH2" name="Haverhill" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWE3" name="Holliston" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SEA2" name="Hull" parent="q43072SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEB3" name="Ipswich" parent="q43072NE" 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="q43072SEA1" name="Lynn" parent="q43072SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWG4" name="Mansfield" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEB4" name="Marblehead North" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SEB1" name="Marblehead South" parent="q43072SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWF3" name="Medfield" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f25017" name="Middlesex" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWD3" name="Milford" parent="q43072SW" 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="q43072SEB2" name="Nantasket Beach" parent="q43072SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWF2" name="Natick" parent="q43072SW" 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="q43072SWG2" name="Newton" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f25021" name="Norfolk" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWG3" name="Norwood" parent="q43072SW" 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="f25023" name="Plymouth" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWH4" name="Reading" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NED3" name="Rockport" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NED4" name="Rockport Oe S" parent="q43072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NEA4" name="Salem" parent="q43072NE" 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="f25025" name="Suffolk" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p626" name="U.S. Army Reserve Center" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SEA3" name="Weymouth" parent="q43072SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072NWG4" name="Wilmington" parent="q43072NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f25027" name="Worcester" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43072SWF4" name="Wrentham" parent="q43072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>