<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="h06010105" name="Upper French Broad" parent="h060101" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h060101" name="French Broad-Holston" parent="h0601" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0601" name="Upper Tennessee" parent="h06" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h06" name="Tennessee" 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="q36084NED4" name="Asheville" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEE1" name="Bald Creek" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEE2" name="Barnardsville" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEF1" name="Bat Cave" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEF4" name="Black Mountain" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEC3" name="Brevard" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37021" name="Buncombe" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEB4" name="Canton" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084SEA4" name="Cedar Creek" parent="q37084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1165" name="Cherokee National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEF2" name="Cliffield Mountain" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f47029" name="Cocke" parent="fUS47" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEE3" name="Craggy Pinnacle" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEB1" name="Cruso" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084SEB4" name="Davy Crockett Lake" parent="q37084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2218" name="Douglas Lake" parent="pTVA" scope="TVA"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEC1" name="Dunsmore Mountain" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEB4" name="Eastatoe Gap" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEC4" name="Enka" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEA3" name="Fines Creek" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084SED4" name="Flag Pond" parent="q37084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEE1" name="Fruitland" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1478" name="Great Smoky Mountains National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="f47059" name="Greene" parent="fUS47" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f45045" name="Greenville" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084SEC4" name="Greystone" parent="q37084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NWG2" name="Hartford" parent="q36084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37087" name="Haywood" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f37089" name="Henderson" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEE2" name="Hendersonville" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SED2" name="Horse Shoe" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEB1" name="Hot Springs" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37099" name="Jackson" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEA3" name="Lake Toxaway" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEC3" name="Leicester" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEA2" name="Lemon Gap" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37115" name="Madison" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NED2" name="Mars Hill" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEC2" name="Marshall" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37111" name="McDowell" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEF3" name="Montreat" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEF2" name="Mount Mitchell" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1229" name="Nantahala National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NWH1" name="Neddy Mountain" parent="q36084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NWG1" name="Newport" parent="q36084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEE4" name="Oteen" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEA1" name="Paint Rock" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084SWH4" name="Parrottsville" parent="q37084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f45077" name="Pickens" parent="fUS45" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEC2" name="Pisgah Forest" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1246" name="Pisgah National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084SWG4" name="Rankin" parent="q37084SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEA4" name="Reid" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEB3" name="Rosman" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEA2" name="Sam Knob" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NED1" name="Sams Gap" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEB3" name="Sandymush" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEB2" name="Shining Rock" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SED1" name="Skyland" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEB2" name="Spring Creek" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SED3" name="Standingstone Mountain" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEC4" name="Table Rock" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37175" name="Transylvania" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f47171" name="Unicoi" parent="fUS47" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NWH2" name="Waterville" parent="q36084NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NED3" name="Weaverville" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084NEC1" name="White Rock" parent="q36084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f37199" name="Yancey" parent="fUS37" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36084SEE3" name="Zirconia" parent="q36084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>