<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="h09030002" name="Vermilion" parent="h090300" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h090300" name="Rainy" parent="h0903" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0903" name="Rainy" 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="q49094SEA3" name="Ash Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEB2" name="Ash River SE" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEF4" name="Astrid Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEF4" name="Biwabik" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEF3" name="Biwabik NE" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEE3" name="Biwabik NW" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEG4" name="Bootleg Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2441" name="Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NED3" name="Britt" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SED4" name="Buyck" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEG1" name="Chad Lake" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEH1" name="Crab Lake" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEE2" name="Crane Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEH2" name="Eagles Nest" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEE3" name="Echo Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEC3" name="Elephant Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEG3" name="Embarrass" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SED1" name="Eveleth" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEB1" name="Gheen" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEA1" name="Gheen NW" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094SEE1" name="Gilbert" parent="q48094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEC1" name="Haley" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SED2" name="Johnson Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SED3" name="Kabustasa Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEF3" name="Lake Jeanette" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEE2" name="Lost Lake" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEC2" name="Marion Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEE4" name="Mckinley" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEC4" name="Myrtle Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SWH4" name="Nett Lake" parent="q49094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NED1" name="Norwegian Bay" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEB4" name="Orr" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEB3" name="Orr NE" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEA4" name="Orr SW" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49094SEE4" name="Picket Lake" parent="q49094SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27137" name="Saint Louis" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NED2" name="Sassas Creek" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEF1" name="Sioux Pine Island" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEG2" name="Soudan" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1277" name="Superior National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p2206" name="Superior National Forest Purchase Unit" parent="p35" scope="Purchase Unit Block"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEF2" name="Tower" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NEE1" name="Vermilion Dam" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1069" name="Vermillion Lake Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q48094NED4" name="Virginia" parent="q48094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1504" name="Voyageurs National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/></rt></descriptor>