<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="h03030002" name="Haw" parent="h030300" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h030300" name="Cape Fear" parent="h0303" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0303" name="Cape Fear" 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="f37001" name="Alamance" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWF2" name="Anderson" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NEB3" name="Apex" parent="q36080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p232" name="B. Everett Jordan Lake" parent="p19" scope="Army Corps of Engineers"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SEH3" name="Belews Creek" parent="q37082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWB2" name="Bethany" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWC3" name="Browns Summit" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWE4" name="Burlington" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWF3" name="Burlington NE" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NWG2" name="Bynum" parent="q36080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NEB2" name="Cary" parent="q36080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37033" name="Caswell" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWG3" name="Cedar Grove" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37067" name="Forsyth" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWD4" name="Gibsonville" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NEA2" name="Green Level" parent="q36080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWB4" name="Greensboro" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37081" name="Guilford" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWA4" name="Guilford" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1376" name="Guilford Courthouse National Military Park" parent="p47" scope="National Military Park"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWH4" name="Hillsborough" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SEH4" name="Kernersville" parent="q37082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NWD1" name="Kimesville" parent="q36080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWB3" name="Lake Brandt" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWE3" name="Lake Burlington" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NWD2" name="Liberty" parent="q36080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWC4" name="Mcleansville" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWF4" name="Mebane" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NWH3" name="Merry Oaks" parent="q36080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NWH4" name="Moncure" parent="q36080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NEA3" name="New Hill" parent="q36080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SEA4" name="Northwest Durham" parent="q37080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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code="q36080NWE1" name="Snow Camp" parent="q36080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NEB1" name="Southeast Durham" parent="q36080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NEA1" name="Southwest Durham" parent="q36080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWA3" name="Summerfield" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37183" name="Wake" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36080NWG1" name="White Cross" parent="q36080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37080SWD2" name="Williamsburg" parent="q37080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>