<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="h01100007" name="Long Island Sound" parent="h011000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h011000" name="Connecticut Coastal" parent="h0110" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0110" name="Connecticut 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="q41074NWD1" name="Bayville" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEB2" name="Branford" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEB3" name="Branford Oe S" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SWG3" name="Bridgeport" parent="q42074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SED2" name="Clinton" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SED3" name="Clinton Oe S" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEE2" name="Essex" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f09001" name="Fairfield" parent="fUS09" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SWC4" name="Glenville" parent="q42074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEC2" name="Guilford" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEC3" name="Guilford Oe S" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWE1" name="Lloyd Harbor" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWC1" name="Mamaroneck" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f09007" name="Middlesex" parent="fUS09" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SWH3" name="Milford" parent="q42074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072SWA2" name="Mystic" parent="q42072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f09009" name="New Haven" parent="fUS09" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEA2" name="New Haven" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f09011" name="New London" parent="fUS09" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEH2" name="New London" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2143" name="New London Submarine Base" parent="p24" scope="Navy"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEG2" name="Niantic" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWF1" name="Northport" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SWE4" name="Norwalk South" parent="q42074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEF2" name="Old Lyme" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEF3" name="Orient" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEG3" name="Plum Island" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SWF4" name="Sherwood Point" parent="q42074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SWD4" name="Stamford" parent="q42074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1986" name="Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072SWB2" name="Watch Hill" parent="q42072SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SWF3" name="Westport" parent="q42074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEA3" name="Woodmont" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>