<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="h02030104" name="Sandy Hook-Staten Island" parent="h020301" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h020301" name="Lower Hudson" parent="h0203" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0203" name="Lower Hudson-Long Island" parent="h02" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h02" name="Mid Atlantic" 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="q41076NEG4" name="Arthur Kill" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEH3" name="Asbury Park" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074SWA3" name="Asbury Park Oe E" parent="q41074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEF2" name="Caldwell" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEE3" name="Chatham" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWA4" name="Coney Island" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2089" name="Earle Naval Weapons Station" parent="p24" scope="Navy"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEG3" name="Elizabeth" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f34013" name="Essex" parent="fUS34" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEG3" name="Farmingdale" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p550" name="Fort Monmouth Military Reservation" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEF2" name="Freehold" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1559" name="Gateway National Recreation Area" parent="p32" scope="National Recreation Area"/><term thcode="1" code="f34017" name="Hudson" parent="fUS34" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEH3" name="Jersey City" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEG1" name="Keyport" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074SWA2" name="Long Branch East" parent="q41074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEH2" name="Long Branch West" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEG2" name="Marlboro" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f34023" name="Middlesex" parent="fUS34" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f34025" name="Monmouth" parent="fUS34" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f36061" name="New York" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEG2" name="Orange" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEF4" name="Perth Amboy" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEE4" name="Plainfield" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEH4" name="Point Pleasant" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f36085" name="Richmond" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEF3" name="Roselle" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074SWA1" name="Sandy Hook East" parent="q41074SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEH1" name="Sandy Hook West" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076SEF1" name="South Amboy" parent="q41076SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEH4" name="The Narrows" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f34039" name="Union" parent="fUS34" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>