<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="h03050207" name="Salkehatchie" parent="h030502" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h030502" name="Edisto-South Carolina Coastal" parent="h0305" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0305" name="Edisto-Santee" 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="f45003" name="Aiken" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f45005" name="Allendale" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWF4" name="Allendale" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f45009" name="Bamberg" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWH2" name="Bamberg" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f45011" name="Barnwell" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWF3" name="Barnwell" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q33082NWF1" name="Barton" parent="q33082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q33082NEB2" name="Black Creek" parent="q33082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWF2" name="Blackville" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SEB3" name="Branchville South" parent="q34082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWH3" name="Clear Pond" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f45029" name="Colleton" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q33082NWH1" name="Crocketville" parent="q33082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q33082NEA2" name="Cummings" parent="q33082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWG2" name="Denmark" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWH4" name="Ehrhardt" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q33082NWG1" name="Fairfax" parent="q33082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f45049" name="Hampton" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q33082NWH2" name="Hampton" parent="q33082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q33082NEA1" name="Islandton" parent="q33082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SEA4" name="Lodge" parent="q34082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWE2" name="Long Branch" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SEA2" name="Midway" parent="q34082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWD2" name="New Ellenton SE" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWG3" name="Olar" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p838" name="Savannah River Plant" parent="p44" scope="Department of Energy"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWE3" name="Snelling" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q33082NEB1" name="Sniders Crossroads" parent="q33082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWF1" name="Springfield" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWG4" name="Sycamore" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SEA3" name="Tony Hill Bay" parent="q34082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SEB4" name="Williams" parent="q34082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q34082SWE1" name="Williston" parent="q34082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>