<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="h03020106" name="Bogue-Core Sounds" parent="h030201" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h030201" name="Pamlico" parent="h0302" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0302" name="Neuse-Pamlico" parent="h03" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h03" name="South Atlantic-Gulf" parent="hroot" 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parent="p40" scope="Marine Corps"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NEC2" name="Core Creek" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37049" name="Craven" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p1176" name="Croatan National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NEE2" name="Davis" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NWH2" name="Hadnot Creek" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NED3" name="Harkers Island" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NEE3" name="Horsepen Point" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NWG3" name="Hubert" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NWF1" name="Jacksonville NE" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NWE1" name="Jacksonville NW" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37103" name="Jones" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SED3" name="Jones Bay" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NWF2" name="Kellum" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEE3" name="Little Fishing Point" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NEE1" name="Long Bay" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NEB3" name="Mansfield" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NEA2" name="Masontown" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NWG1" name="Maysville" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NWF4" name="New River Inlet" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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name="Stella" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NEF2" name="Styron Bay" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NWH3" name="Swansboro" parent="q35078NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NEG1" name="Wainwright Island" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36078SEG4" name="Wainwright Island Oe N" parent="q36078SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35078NED2" name="Williston" parent="q35078NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>