<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="h03010203" name="Ghowan" parent="h030102" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h030102" name="Albemarle-Chowan" 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 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="q37078SEA2" name="Ahoskie" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWH3" name="Aulander" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37015" name="Bertie" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEC3" name="Buckhorn" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SED3" name="Center Hill" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37041" name="Chowan" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEB3" name="Colerain" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEC4" name="Edenhouse" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37073" name="Gates" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEB4" name="Gates" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEB1" name="Gatesville" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEB2" name="Harrellsville" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37091" name="Hertford" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SED2" name="Hobbsville" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEB3" name="Holland" parent="q37078NE" 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="q37078SEC1" name="Merchants Millpond" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEB4" name="Merry Hill" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEC2" name="Mintonsville" 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="q37078SEA3" name="Powellsville" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWF2" name="Rich Square" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEA4" name="Riverdale" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51175" name="Southampton" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f51800" name="Suffolk" parent="fUS51" scope="City"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NWH4" name="Sunbeam" parent="q37078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SED1" name="Sunbury" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SWH2" name="Union" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEC3" name="Valhalla" parent="q37078SE" 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="q37078NEC4" name="Whaleyville" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEA1" name="Winton" parent="q37078SE" 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="q37078SWG2" name="Woodland" parent="q37078SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>