<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="h09020201" name="Devils Lake" parent="h090202" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h090202" name="Devils Lake-Sheyenne" parent="h0902" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0902" name="Red" parent="h09" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h09" name="Souris-Red-Rainy" 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="q49100SEG2" name="Adams SW" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NEC3" name="Alsen" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NED4" name="Alsen SE" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWC3" name="Baker" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEE4" name="Bartlett" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWC2" name="Belcourt" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f38005" name="Benson" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p2246" name="Benson County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWF3" name="Big Coulee Dam" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NEE4" name="Billings Lake" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWE3" name="Bisbee North" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWE4" name="Bisbee South" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEG1" name="Bitter Lake" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWF3" name="Brinsmade" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWE4" name="Brinsmade SW" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEF3" name="Brocket" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1655" name="Brumba National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NEA3" name="Calio" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NEA2" name="Calvin" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEA4" name="Camp Grafton" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWG1" name="Cando" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWH1" name="Cando NE" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWH2" name="Cando SE" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f38019" name="Cavalier" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p2251" name="Cavalier 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEC2" name="Derrick SW" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p690" name="Devil's Lake" parent="p16" scope="Bureau of Reclamation"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEB4" name="Devils Lake" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NED1" name="Devils Lake Mountain" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SED4" name="Doyon" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f38027" name="Eddy" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEE1" name="Edmore" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEF1" name="Edmore NE" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEE2" name="Edmore SW" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWH3" name="Egeland" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWH4" name="Egeland SE" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NWG4" name="Egeland SW" parent="q49100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEG1" name="Fairdale" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWE1" name="Flora" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEA1" name="Fort Totten" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEC1" name="Free Peoples Lake" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWH4" name="Grahams Island" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEA3" name="Grand Harbor" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NED2" name="Hamar" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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code="q49100SWC2" name="Knox" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1798" name="Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEF4" name="Lakota" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEE3" name="Lakota NW" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEF2" name="Lawton" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWE2" name="Leeds" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWF1" name="Leeds NE" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NED3" name="Loma" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEH4" name="Michigan East" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEG4" name="Michigan West" parent="q49100SE" 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code="q49100NEF4" name="Nekoma" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NEE3" name="Nekoma NW" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f38063" name="Nelson" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWF2" name="Niles" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NWG1" name="Oberon" parent="q48100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100NEG4" name="Osnabrock SW" parent="q49100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEF2" name="Pekin" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEF1" name="Pekin NE" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEE1" name="Pekin NW" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEG3" name="Pelto" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEE2" name="Tolna" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f38095" name="Towner" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p1062" name="Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="f38099" name="Walsh" parent="fUS38" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q48100NEC2" name="Warwick" parent="q48100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SEA2" name="Webster" parent="q49100SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWC1" name="Wolford" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2051" name="Wood Lake National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q49100SWD2" name="York" parent="q49100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>