<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="h02010005" name="Lamoille" parent="h020100" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h020100" name="Richelieu" parent="h0201" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0201" name="Richelieu" parent="h02" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h02" name="Mid Atlantic" parent="hroot" scope="hydrologic region"/><term 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name="Caledonia" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p496" name="Camp Johnson" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEF4" name="Caspian Lake" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f50007" name="Chittenden" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f36019" name="Clinton" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWG4" name="Colchester" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWF4" name="Colchester Point" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEC2" name="Cold Hollow Mountains" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEF3" name="Craftsbury" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEG3" name="Crystal Lake" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWG1" name="East Alburg" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074XWG4" name="East Alburg Oe N" parent="q45074XW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NED3" name="Eden" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWH4" name="Essex Center" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SWH1" name="Essex Junction" parent="q45074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEA2" name="Fairfield" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p530" name="Fort Ethan Allen Military Reservation" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="f50011" name="Franklin" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWG3" name="Georgia Plains" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEA3" name="Gilson Mountain" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f50013" name="Grand Isle" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NED2" name="Hazens Notch" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWH1" name="Highgate Center" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEB3" name="Jeffersonville" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEG1" name="Joes Pond" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEC3" name="Johnson" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWE4" name="Keeseville" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f50015" name="Lamoille" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEE2" name="Lowell" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWH3" name="Milton" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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name="Rouses Point Oe N" parent="q45074XW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWH2" name="Saint Albans" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWG2" name="Saint Albans Bay" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWF3" name="South Hero" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEG4" name="Stannard" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEC4" name="Sterling Mountain" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEC1" name="Stowe" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEA4" name="Underhill" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f50023" name="Washington" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NEE4" name="Wolcott" parent="q45074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074SEE1" name="Woodbury" parent="q45074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>