<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="h10100001" name="Lower Yellowstone-Sunday" parent="h101000" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h101000" name="Lower Yellowstone" parent="h1010" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1010" name="Lower Yellowstone" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h10" name="Missouri" 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="q47108NWH2" name="Acorn Flats" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWG1" name="Ahles" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEF3" name="Alkali Creek" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEG3" name="Angela" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEH3" name="Angela NE" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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code="q47108NWD3" name="Hecker Ranch" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEG4" name="Hobo Coulee" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWF4" name="Hope Ranch" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWA3" name="Horse Creek Hill" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SEH2" name="Horton" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWG2" name="Hysham" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SEF3" name="Indian Creek" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NWF4" name="Ingomar East" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NWE4" name="Ingomar West" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46108NWG1" name="Iron Spring" parent="q46108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46108NWG2" name="Iron Spring SW" parent="q46108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106SWA3" name="Jack Creek NW" parent="q47106SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46108NWH3" name="Jeans Fork NE" parent="q46108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46108NWG3" name="Jeans Fork NW" parent="q46108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWC4" name="Kinsey" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWD3" name="Kinsey NE" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWC3" name="Kinsey NW" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NWH1" name="Kramer Ranch" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106SWA2" name="Lignite Creek" parent="q47106SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWB1" name="Little Sheep Mountain" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106SWE2" name="Locate SW" parent="q47106SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWB2" name="Mailbox Hill" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46108NEA1" name="Mcclure Creek" parent="q46108NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWD2" name="Mcclure Reservoir" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SED4" name="Mckerlich Creek" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWE1" name="Mckonkey Creek" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NWB4" name="Melstone" parent="q47108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWC2" name="Mexican Buttes" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106SWB1" name="Miles City" parent="q47106SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SEH4" name="Miller Creek" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SEG3" name="Miller Creek NW" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SEG4" name="Miller Creek SW" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWH4" name="Minnehaha Creek North" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46108NWH1" name="Minnehaha Creek South" parent="q46108NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SEH3" name="Moon Creek School" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWB2" name="Morehouse Creek" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEA1" name="Mother Butte" 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWG3" name="Scraper Coulee" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SEC4" name="Sheep Creek Camp" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWD4" name="Shirley" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SEC3" name="Smith Creek" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SED3" name="Smith Creek NE" parent="q47108SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWG4" name="South Bear Creek" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47106NWF4" name="Spring Draw" parent="q47106NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108SWF1" name="Steie Ranch" parent="q47108SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q47108NEB2" name="Stellar Lake" parent="q47108NE" scope="quadrangle 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