<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="h03010107" name="Lower Roanoke" parent="h030101" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h030101" name="Roanoke" parent="h0301" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0301" name="Chowan-Roanoke" parent="h03" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h03" name="South Atlantic-Gulf" parent="hroot" scope="hydrologic 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWC2" name="Darlington" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWD3" name="Dawson Crossroads" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37065" name="Edgecombe" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEA3" name="Farmlife" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37083" name="Halifax" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWD2" name="Halifax" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NWG1" name="Hamilton" parent="q36078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWE4" name="Hobgood" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEB3" name="Hoke" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWE1" name="Jackson" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEA2" name="Jamesville" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWG3" name="Kelford" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37117" name="Martin" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEB4" name="Merry Hill" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWF3" name="Norfleet" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37131" name="Northampton" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NWF1" name="Oak City" parent="q36078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NWH3" name="Old Ford" parent="q36078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWF4" name="Palmyra" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEC2" name="Plymouth East" parent="q36078NE" 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NWD4" name="Skippers" parent="q37078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NWE1" name="Speed" parent="q36078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWB1" name="Thelma" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37187" name="Washington" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWD1" name="Weldon" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEC1" name="Westover" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NWH2" name="Williamston" parent="q36078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEA4" name="Windsor North" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEA1" name="Windsor South" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEB1" name="Woodard" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWG4" name="Woodville" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>