<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="h02030201" name="Northern Long Island" parent="h020302" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h020302" name="Long Island" 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="q41074NWD1" name="Bayville" parent="q41074NW" 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="p830" name="Brookhaven National Laboratory" parent="p44" scope="Department of Energy"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWA3" name="Brooklyn" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWG2" name="Central Islip" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWA2" name="Central Park" parent="q41074NW" 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="q41074NWB2" name="Flushing" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWF2" name="Greenlawn" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEF4" name="Greenport" 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="q41074NWD2" name="Hicksville" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWE2" name="Huntington" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWB3" name="Jamaica" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEH3" name="Jersey City" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f36047" name="Kings" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWE1" name="Lloyd Harbor" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWC3" name="Lynbrook" 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="q41074NED1" name="Mattituck" parent="q41074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SED4" name="Mattituck Hills" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NEA1" name="Middle Island" parent="q41074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f36059" name="Nassau" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p2141" name="Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant" parent="p24" scope="Navy"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEH2" name="New London" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><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="q42074SEF3" name="Orient" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1896" name="Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEG3" name="Plum Island" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42074SEH3" name="Plum Island Oe E" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWH1" name="Port Jefferson" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f36081" name="Queens" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NEC1" name="Riverhead" parent="q41074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWG1" name="Saint James" parent="q41074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NWC2" name="Sea Cliff" parent="q41074NW" 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="q42074SEE4" name="Southold" parent="q42074SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f36103" name="Suffolk" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q41076NEH4" name="The Narrows" parent="q41076NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41074NEB1" name="Wading River" parent="q41074NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>