<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="h04100003" name="St. Joseph" parent="h041000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h041000" name="Western Lake Erie" parent="h0410" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0410" name="Western Lake Erie" 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="f18003" name="Allen" parent="fUS18" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NEE3" name="Alvordton" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NEA3" name="Angola East" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NWH4" name="Ashley" parent="q42086NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086SWH2" name="Auburn" parent="q42086SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NEC4" name="Blakeslee" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f26023" name="Branch" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086SEB1" name="Butler East" parent="q42086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086SEA1" name="Butler West" parent="q42086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NEB2" name="Camden" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086SWH3" name="Cedarville" parent="q42086SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086SWF3" name="Churubusco" parent="q42086SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NEB3" name="Clear Lake" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086SWG1" name="Corunna" parent="q42086SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f18033" name="DeKalb" parent="fUS18" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f39039" name="Defiance" 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code="q42086SEB2" name="Hicksville" parent="q42086SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f26059" name="Hillsdale" parent="fUS26" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NEC1" name="Hillsdale" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086SWG3" name="Huntertown" parent="q42086SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086SWF1" name="Kendallville" parent="q42086SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NED4" name="Montpelier" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NEC3" name="Nettle Lake" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f18113" name="Noble" parent="fUS18" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NED1" name="North Adams" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42086NED3" name="Pioneer" parent="q42086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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