<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="h07010206" name="Twin Cities" parent="h070102" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h070102" name="Upper Mississippi-Crow-Rum" parent="h0701" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0701" name="Mississippi Headwaters" parent="h07" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h07" name="Upper Mississippi" 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parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWG3" name="Circle Pines" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWH3" name="Coates" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWG2" name="Coon Lake Beach" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWF3" name="Coon Rapids" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27037" name="Dakota" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWD2" name="Elk River" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWD1" name="Excelsior" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWG3" name="Farmington" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SEA2" name="Forest Lake" parent="q46094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWD4" name="Hamel" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEB3" name="Hastings" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27053" name="Hennepin" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWE1" name="Hopkins" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEB1" name="Hudson" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SEA3" name="Hugo" parent="q46094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWH2" name="Inver Grove Heights" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEA1" name="Lake Elmo" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWH2" name="Linwood" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWF4" name="Minneapolis North" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWF1" name="Minneapolis South" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1573" name="Mississippi National River And Recreation Area" parent="p49" scope="National River"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWC1" name="Mound" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWG4" name="New Brighton" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWE2" name="Nowthen" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWE4" name="Osseo" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEB2" name="Prescott" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27123" name="Ramsey" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWC4" name="Rockford" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWD3" name="Rogers" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1595" name="Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway" parent="p57" scope="National Wild and Scenic River"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWC3" name="Saint Michael" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWH1" name="Saint Paul East" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEA2" name="Saint Paul Park" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWG2" name="Saint Paul SW" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWG1" name="Saint Paul West" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWD2" name="Shakopee" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27141" name="Sherburne" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SEB4" name="Stillwater" parent="q46094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEA3" name="Vermillion" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWC2" name="Victoria" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWB2" name="Waconia" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27163" name="Washington" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWB1" name="Watertown" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SEA4" name="White Bear Lake East" parent="q46094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWH4" name="White Bear Lake West" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27171" name="Wright" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>