<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="h04080204" name="Flint" parent="h040802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h040802" name="Saginaw" parent="h0408" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0408" name="Southwestern Lake Huron-Lake Huron" 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="q44086SEH2" name="Alicia" parent="q44086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWG4" name="Attica" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWF3" name="Barnes Lake" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWB2" name="Birch Run North" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWB3" name="Birch Run South" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWA2" name="Bridgeport" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWH3" name="Burnside" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086SEH3" name="Chesaning East" parent="q44086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWG2" name="Clifford" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWC3" name="Clio" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWE3" name="Columbiaville" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43086NEH1" name="Corunna" parent="q43086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWD2" name="Davisburg" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWD4" name="Davison" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWA1" name="Durand" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44086SEH4" name="Easton" parent="q44086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWE4" name="Elba" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWC2" name="Fenton" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWC4" name="Flint North" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWC1" name="Flint South" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWB4" name="Flushing" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWC2" name="Frankenmuth" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f26049" name="Genesee" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWD1" name="Goodrich" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWE1" name="Hadley" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWH4" name="Imlay City" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWE2" name="Juniata" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWG2" name="Lake Orion" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f26087" name="Lapeer" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWF4" name="Lapeer" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWB2" name="Linden" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWH2" name="Marlette" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWF2" name="Mayville" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWF1" name="Metamora" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWA3" name="Montrose" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWA4" name="New Lothrop" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWG3" name="North Branch" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f26125" name="Oakland" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWE2" name="Ortonville" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44084SWD3" name="Otisville" parent="q44084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWF2" name="Oxford" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f26145" name="Saginaw" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f26151" name="Sanilac" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f26155" name="Shiawassee" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p1975" name="Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWB1" name="Swartz Creek" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43084NWG1" name="Thornville" parent="q43084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f26157" name="Tuscola" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>