<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="h03010205" name="Albemarle" 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" 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076NWB3" name="Engelhard NE" parent="q36076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076NWA3" name="Engelhard NW" parent="q36076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEH4" name="Engelhard West" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEG4" name="Fairfield" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEH3" name="Fairfield NE" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEG3" name="Fairfield NW" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEG3" name="Fentress" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2094" name="Fentress Auxiliary Landing Field" parent="p24" scope="Navy"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEH1" name="Fort Landing" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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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="q38076SSC4" name="Kitty Hawk" parent="q38076SS" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076SNA4" name="Knotts Island" parent="q38076SN" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076SNB4" name="Knotts Island Oe E" parent="q38076SN" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEE4" name="Lake Drummond" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEE3" name="Lake Drummond NW" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEF4" name="Lake Drummond SE" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEG1" name="Lambs Corner" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEE1" name="Leonards Point" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078SEE1" name="Lynchs Corner" parent="q37078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1832" name="Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076NWB1" name="Manns Harbor" parent="q36076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36076NWC1" name="Manteo" parent="q36076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076SSC3" name="Martin Point" parent="q38076SS" 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="q38076SSB2" name="Mossey Islands" parent="q38076SS" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEG4" name="Moyock" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2130" name="Naval Facility Engineering Command" parent="p24" 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1905" name="Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="f37143" name="Perquimans" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37078NEH3" name="Pleasant Ridge" parent="q37078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEC2" name="Plymouth East" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1918" name="Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q38076SSB4" name="Point Harbor" parent="q38076SS" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078NEE4" name="Ponzer" parent="q36078NE" 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="q36078NED3" name="Pungo Lake" parent="q36078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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