<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="h02080108" name="Lynnhaven-Poquoson" parent="h020801" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h020801" name="Lower Chesapeake" parent="h0208" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0208" name="Lower 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="q37078NEH1" name="Cape Henry" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1325" name="Colonial National Historical Park" parent="p39" scope="National Historic Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p551" name="Fort Monroe Military Reservation" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="p564" name="Fort Story Military Reservation" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="f51650" name="Hampton" parent="fUS51" scope="City"/><term thcode="1" code="q38078SEF4" name="Hampton" parent="q38078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEG2" name="Kempsville" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p146" name="Langley Air Force Base" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEG1" name="Little Creek" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2112" name="Little Creek Amphibious Base" parent="p24" scope="Navy"/><term thcode="1" code="p2128" name="Naval Base Norfolk" parent="p24" scope="Navy"/><term thcode="1" code="f51700" name="Newport News" parent="fUS51" scope="City"/><term thcode="1" code="q38078SEE4" name="Newport News North" parent="q38078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEE1" name="Newport News South" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51710" name="Norfolk" parent="fUS51" scope="City"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEF1" name="Norfolk North" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076SNA1" name="North Virginia Beach" parent="q38076SN" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2149" name="Oceana Naval Air Station" parent="p24" scope="Navy"/><term thcode="1" code="p1916" name="Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="f51735" name="Poquoson" parent="fUS51" scope="City"/><term thcode="1" code="q38078SEF3" name="Poquoson East" parent="q38078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38078SEE3" name="Poquoson West" parent="q38078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEH2" name="Princess Anne" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51810" name="Virginia Beach" parent="fUS51" scope="City"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076SNA2" name="Virginia Beach" parent="q38076SN" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51199" name="York" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38078SED3" name="Yorktown" parent="q38078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>