<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="h10150004" name="Middle Niobrara" 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="q43100NWB4" name="Ainsworth" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWA3" name="Ainsworth NW" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWA4" name="Ainsworth SW" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEF3" name="Arabia" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEE3" name="Arabia NW" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEF4" name="Arabia SE" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEE4" name="Arabia SW" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SEG2" name="Argo Hill" parent="q43104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWD4" name="Bassett" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWC3" name="Bassett NW" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWG1" name="Big Falls" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SED1" name="Big Lake" parent="q43102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SEH1" name="Billys Lake" parent="q43104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31015" name="Boyd" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWB2" name="Bristol Lake" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31017" name="Brown" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEG4" name="Brush Creek" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWH1" name="Brush Hill" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SEB1" name="Bull Lake" parent="q43102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NEA1" name="Butte NW" parent="q43100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NEA2" name="Butte SW" parent="q43100NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWA2" name="Card Lake" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWE3" name="Carns" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWC2" name="Carrico Lakes" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31031" name="Cherry" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWH4" name="Chesterfield Flats" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWG1" name="Cody East" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWH2" name="Cody SE" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWF1" name="Cody West" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEA2" name="Cooper Canyon" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEE1" name="Cornell Dam" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEC1" name="Crookston East" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEB1" name="Crookston West" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SEG1" name="Dolly Warden Lake" parent="q43104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWH2" name="Dustin" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWB3" name="Dutch Creek" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWF2" name="Eli SE" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWE2" name="Eli SW" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NED3" name="Ell Lake" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWF4" name="Farm Flat" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1732" name="Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p2809" name="Fort Niobrara Wilderness" parent="p20" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100SWC2" name="Hagan Lake" parent="q43100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100SWD1" name="Hagan Lake NE" parent="q43100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100SWC1" name="Hagan Lake NW" parent="q43100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SEG1" name="Harr Valley" parent="q43102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEH1" name="Hayford Lake" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWF3" name="Heath Valley" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100SWB1" name="Hofeld Lake" parent="q43100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31089" name="Holt" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWA2" name="Huddle Table" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEC3" name="Hudson Lake" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWE4" name="Indian Hill" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWE2" name="Jamison SW" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEH4" name="Johnstown" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEB4" name="Kennedy" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEA3" name="Kennedy NW" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31103" name="Keya Paha" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEA1" name="Kilgore" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEB2" name="Kilgore SE" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SEE4" name="Littleburg" parent="q44102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SEE1" name="Long Lake" parent="q43102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWC4" name="Long Pine" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100SWA1" name="Lost Lake Ranch" parent="q43100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWF2" name="Mariaville" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWB2" name="Meadville" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWE3" name="Medicine Lake" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWD2" name="Merriman SE" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SEC1" name="Mule Lake" parent="q43102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEG2" name="Muleshoe Creek" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWH1" name="Naper" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWG2" name="Naper SW" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWH1" name="Nenzel" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWF4" name="Newport" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWF3" name="Newport NE" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEH2" name="Norden" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEG1" name="Norden NW" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SED4" name="Olsonville SE" parent="q44102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SEC4" name="Olsonville SW" parent="q44102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWH3" name="Powderhorn Valley" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWG4" name="Powderhorn Valley SW" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100SWB2" name="Raven" parent="q43100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100SWA2" name="Raven SW" parent="q43100SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWD3" name="Riverview" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31149" name="Rock" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SEB3" name="Rosebud" parent="q44102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1006" name="Rosebud Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWF1" name="Rosebud Valley" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWD1" name="Round Lake" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SEA3" name="Saint Francis" parent="q44102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SEB4" name="Saint Francis SE" parent="q44102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SEA4" name="Saint Francis SW" parent="q44102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1258" name="Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="f31161" name="Sheridan" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEC4" name="Simeon" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEB3" name="Snake River Falls" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEF1" name="Sparks" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEF2" name="Sparks SE" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWG2" name="Spring Canyon" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SWH4" name="Spring Creek" parent="q44102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44102SWG4" name="Spring Creek SW" parent="q44102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWG3" name="Spring Lake" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWC2" name="Springview" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWD2" name="Springview SE" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SEA1" name="Square Lake" parent="q43102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWC1" name="Steverson Lake" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWG4" name="Stuart" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWH3" name="Stuart NE" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWG3" name="Stuart NW" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43100NWH4" name="Stuart SE" parent="q43100NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEE2" name="Thatcher" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f46121" name="Todd" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWB1" name="Turpin Lake East" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWA1" name="Turpin Lake West" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2031" name="Valentine National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NED1" name="Valentine North" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEC2" name="Valentine SW" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NED2" name="Valentine South" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SEH1" name="White Cap Hill" parent="q43102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWD3" name="Wild Mare Lake" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWC3" name="Wild Mare Lake NW" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWD4" name="Wild Mare Lake SE" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NWC4" name="Wild Mare Lake SW" parent="q43102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NED4" name="Willow Lake" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SEF1" name="Wilson Valley" parent="q43102SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEA4" name="Windmill Lake" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102SWE1" name="Wolf Lake" parent="q43102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SEH2" name="Wolford Valley" parent="q43104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEG3" name="Wood Lake" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43102NEH3" name="Wood Lake NE" parent="q43102NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>