<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="h10180009" name="Middle North Platte-Scotts Bluff" parent="h101800" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h101800" name="North Platte" parent="h1018" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1018" name="North Platte" 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="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="q43104SEB4" name="Alliance East" parent="q43104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104NWG2" name="Angora" parent="q42104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104NWH1" name="Angora NE" parent="q42104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term 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name="Fort Laramie" parent="q43106SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1349" name="Fort Laramie National Historic Site" parent="p43" scope="National Historic Site"/><term thcode="1" code="f31069" name="Garden" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42106NED1" name="Glomill Reservoir" parent="q42106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f56015" name="Goshen" parent="fUS56" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106SEC2" name="Guernsey" parent="q43106SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104SEA2" name="Gurley" parent="q42104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104NEG4" name="Gusher Spring" parent="q42104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106SEE4" name="Habig Spring" parent="q43106SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106SEC1" name="Hell Gap" parent="q43106SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104NEF2" name="Hessey Lake" parent="q42104NE" 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="q42104SWG1" name="Horsehead Ranch" parent="q42104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42106NEG1" name="Huntley" parent="q42106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106SEF1" name="Jay Em" parent="q43106SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106SEE1" name="Jay Em NW" parent="q43106SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SEC4" name="Jesse Lake" parent="q43104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SWE4" name="Kilpatrick Lake SW" parent="q43104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f31105" name="Kimball" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q42106NEC2" name="Klutz Canyon" parent="q42106NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104NWD1" name="Lake Alice" parent="q42104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104NWE1" name="Lake Minatare" parent="q42104NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p743" name="Lake Minatare" parent="p16" scope="Bureau of Reclamation"/><term thcode="1" code="q43104SEE4" name="Lakeside" parent="q43104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104SWF1" name="Lawrence Fork" parent="q42104SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104SEG2" name="Lewellen" parent="q42104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43106SEF3" name="Lingle" parent="q43106SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104SED1" name="Lisco" parent="q42104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42104SEC1" name="Lisco NW" parent="q42104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" 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