<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="h02060005" name="Choptank" parent="h020600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h020600" name="Upper Chesapeake" parent="h0206" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0206" name="Upper Chesapeake" 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="q39078SEF2" name="Barren Island" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1642" name="Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SEH3" name="Bloodsworth Island" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2062" name="Bloodsworth Island U.S. Naval Reservation" parent="p24" scope="Navy"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC1" name="Burrsville" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEH4" name="Cambridge" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f24011" name="Caroline" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q40078SEH4" name="Centreville" parent="q40078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEG4" name="Church Creek" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40076SWA3" name="Church Hill" parent="q40076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEF2" name="Claiborne" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWB1" name="Denton" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f24019" name="Dorchester" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWA4" name="East New Market" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEH2" name="Easton" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWB3" name="Federalsburg" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWA2" name="Fowling Creek" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SEG1" name="Golden Hill" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40076SWB4" name="Goldsboro" parent="q40076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC2" name="Hickman" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWB2" name="Hobbs" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SEG2" name="Honga" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEF4" name="Hudson" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f10001" name="Kent" parent="fUS10" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q40076SWC3" name="Kenton" parent="q40076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40076SWC4" name="Marydel" parent="q40076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEG3" name="Oxford" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWA3" name="Preston" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40076SWA4" name="Price" parent="q40076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f24035" name="Queen Anne's" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWB4" name="Rhodesdale" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SEG3" name="Richland Point" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWA1" name="Ridgely" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEG2" name="Saint Michaels" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40076SWB3" name="Sudlersville" parent="q40076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f24041" name="Talbot" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SEF1" name="Taylors Island" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEF3" name="Tilghman" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEH3" name="Trappe" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078SEH2" name="Wingate" parent="q39078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39078NEH1" name="Wye Mills" parent="q39078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40076SWD4" name="Wyoming" parent="q40076SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>