<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="h07140104" name="Big" parent="h071401" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h071401" name="Upper Mississippi-Meramec" parent="h0714" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0714" name="Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec" parent="h07" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h07" name="Upper Mississippi" 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="q38092NEB3" name="Banner" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SED2" name="Belew Creek" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEB2" name="Belgrade" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NWH1" name="Berryman" parent="q38092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NED1" name="Bonne Terre" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEC2" name="Cedar Hill" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SED3" name="Desoto" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEA4" name="Ebo" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEE2" name="Farmington" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NED2" name="Flat River" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEC3" name="Fletcher" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f29071" name="Franklin" parent="fUS29" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEE1" name="French Village" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEC3" name="Graniteville" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEE4" name="Halifax" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEE2" name="Herculaneum" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SED1" name="House Springs" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f29093" name="Iron" parent="fUS29" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEC2" name="Irondale" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f29099" name="Jefferson" parent="fUS29" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEA3" name="Johnson Mountain" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEF1" name="Lawrenceton" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEB2" name="Lonedell" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1221" name="Mark Twain National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEE1" name="Maxville" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEC1" name="Mineral Point" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEB4" name="Old Mines" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEC1" name="Pacific" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEA2" name="Palmer" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEB1" name="Potosi" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEB3" name="Richwoods" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f29187" name="Saint Francois" parent="fUS29" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f29186" name="Sainte Genevieve" parent="fUS29" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEA1" name="Shirley" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38092NEF2" name="Sprott" parent="q38092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SEC4" name="Tiff" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39092SED4" name="Vineland" parent="q39092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f29221" name="Washington" parent="fUS29" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>