<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="h10150002" name="Niobrara Headwaters" parent="h101500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h101500" name="Niobrara" parent="h1015" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1015" name="Niobrara" 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="q43104SWB1" name="Agate" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1395" name="Agate Fossil Beds National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWA1" name="Agate NW" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWA2" name="Agate SW" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWF4" name="Belmont" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEC2" name="Bills Creek" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31013" name="Box Butte" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p664" name="Box Butte Reservoir" parent="p16" scope="Bureau of Reclamation"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWH1" name="Box Butte Reservoir East" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWG1" name="Box Butte Reservoir West" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWB3" name="Chalk Buttes NE" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWG4" name="Coffee Mill Butte SW" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31045" name="Dawes" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWE4" name="Dead Mans Creek" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWD4" name="Glen" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f56015" name="Goshen" parent="fUS56" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWB3" name="Harrison East" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWB4" name="Harrison SE" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWA4" name="Harrison SW" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWA3" name="Harrison West" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEF4" name="Hileman Draw" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEH2" name="Kirtley" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEG2" name="Kirtley SW" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWC4" name="Kyle Creek" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106SEH1" 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scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1230" name="Nebraska National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="f56027" name="Niobrara" parent="fUS56" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEF3" name="Node" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEG4" name="Prairie Center" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEE3" name="Reynolds Spring" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEF2" name="Signature Rock" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NED3" name="Silver Springs" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31165" name="Sioux" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106SEG1" name="Spoon Butte NW" parent="q43106SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWD3" name="University Lake NE" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWC3" name="University Lake NW" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEH3" name="Van Tassell" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106NEH4" name="Van Tassell SE" parent="q43106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104NWA2" name="Warbonnet Ranch" parent="q43104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWD1" name="Whistle Creek NE" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWC1" name="Whistle Creek NW" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWD2" name="Whistle Creek SE" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWC2" name="Whistle Creek SW" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>