<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="h05050001" name="Upper New" parent="h050500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h050500" name="Kanawha" parent="h0505" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0505" name="Kanawha" parent="h05" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h05" name="Ohio" 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="f37005" name="Alleghany" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NEE1" name="Alum Ridge" parent="q37082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37009" name="Ashe" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWE2" name="Atkins" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NEA2" name="Austinville" parent="q37082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SWC1" name="Baldwin Gap" parent="q37082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SWG4" name="Big Bend" parent="q38082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEE3" name="Blacksburg" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51021" name="Bland" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SWH4" name="Bland" parent="q38082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1510" name="Blue Ridge Parkway" parent="p45" scope="National Parkway"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SWC3" name="Boone" parent="q37082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWH3" name="Brierpatch Mountain" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37027" name="Caldwell" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEH4" name="Callaway" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51035" name="Carroll" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWF2" name="Cedar Springs" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEG4" name="Check" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1165" name="Cherokee National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWH2" name="Cripple Creek" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWG1" name="Crockett" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NEA4" name="Cumberland Knob" parent="q37082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082SWD3" name="Deep Gap" parent="q37082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEC4" name="Dublin" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NED2" name="Dugspur" parent="q37082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SED2" name="Eggleston" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 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name="Mouth of Wilson" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEE2" name="Newport" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWD4" name="Park" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51141" name="Patrick" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEF4" name="Pilot" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1246" name="Pisgah National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="f51155" name="Pulaski" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEB4" name="Pulaski" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51750" name="Radford" parent="fUS51" scope="City"/><term thcode="1" code="p608" name="Radford Army Ammunition Plant" parent="p23" scope="Army"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SED3" name="Radford North" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 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