<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="h08090202" name="Lake Pontchartrain" parent="h080902" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h080902" name="Lake Pontchartrain" parent="h0809" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0809" name="Lower Mississippi" parent="h08" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h08" name="Lower 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="p1624" name="Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p1632" name="Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEF3" name="Bonnett Carre NE" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31090SWB4" name="Chef Menteur" parent="q31090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEG2" name="Covington SW" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEG4" name="Indian Beach" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f22051" name="Jefferson" parent="fUS22" scope="Parish"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEF4" name="La Branche" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31090SWA2" name="Lacombe" parent="q31090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEE4" name="Laplace" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31090SWA4" name="Little Woods" parent="q31090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEG1" name="Madisonville" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEH2" name="Mandeville" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31090SWB3" name="North Shore" parent="q31090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f22071" name="Orleans" parent="fUS22" scope="Parish"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEF2" name="Ponchatoula SE" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31090SWC3" name="Rigolets" parent="q31090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEE3" name="Ruddock" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f22089" name="Saint Charles" parent="fUS22" scope="Parish"/><term thcode="1" code="f22095" name="Saint John the Baptist" parent="fUS22" scope="Parish"/><term thcode="1" code="f22103" name="Saint Tammany" parent="fUS22" scope="Parish"/><term thcode="1" code="q31090SWA3" name="South Point" parent="q31090SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEH4" name="Spanish Fort" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEH3" name="Spanish Fort NE" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31092SEG3" name="Spanish Fort NE Oe W" parent="q31092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f22105" name="Tangipahoa" parent="fUS22" scope="Parish"/></rt></descriptor>