<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="h04010201" name="St. Louis" parent="h040102" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h040102" name="St. Louis" parent="h0401" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0401" name="Western Lake Superior" parent="h04" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h04" name="Great Lakes" 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="q47094NEF2" name="Adolph" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27001" name="Aitkin" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NED1" name="Alborn" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEH4" name="Allen" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NED4" name="Atkinson" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEG4" name="Aurora" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48092NWA3" name="Babbitt" parent="q48092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48092NWB4" name="Babbitt SE" parent="q48092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48092NWA4" name="Babbitt SW" parent="q48092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NWG2" name="Balsam" parent="q47094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEH1" name="Bird Lake" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEF4" name="Biwabik" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEF3" name="Biwabik NE" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEG4" name="Borea" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEH3" name="Boulder Lake Reservoir NE" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEB3" name="Cromwell East" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEA4" name="Dewey Lake" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEB4" name="Dewey Lake SE" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f55031" name="Douglas" parent="fUS55" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEH2" name="Duluth" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEG2" name="Duluth Heights" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEH2" name="Eagles Nest" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEB4" name="Elmer" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEG3" name="Embarrass" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEF3" name="Esko" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SED1" name="Eveleth" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48092SWA2" name="Fairbanks" parent="q48092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEA1" name="Floodwood" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SWH3" name="Floodwood Lake" parent="q48094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p898" name="Fond du Lac Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEF4" name="Frogner" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEE1" name="Gilbert" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SWG3" name="Goodland" parent="q48094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEB2" name="Gowan" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEC4" name="Kinney" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEC1" name="Kirk" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27075" name="Lake" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NWH2" name="Little Prairie Lake" parent="q47094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEB2" name="Little Swan" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEF2" name="Makinen" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEC2" name="Martin Lake" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEB1" name="Mccarty River" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEE4" name="Mckinley" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEC4" name="Meadowlands" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEC3" name="Meadowlands NW" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48092SWC1" name="Mount Weber" parent="q48092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEF1" name="Palo" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SED4" name="Payne" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEA2" name="Prairie Lake" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEA2" name="Riley" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEE2" name="Saginaw" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27137" name="Saint Louis" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q47094NEC3" name="Sawyer" parent="q47094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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