<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="h12040204" name="West Galveston Bay" parent="h120402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h120402" name="Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake" parent="h1204" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1204" name="Galveston Bay-San Jacinto" parent="h12" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h12" name="Texas-Gulf" 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="q30096SWG1" name="Algoa" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWE4" name="Almeda" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NEA4" name="Bacliff" parent="q30096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48039" name="Brazoria" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p1652" name="Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="f48071" name="Chambers" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWG4" name="Christmas Point" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWF3" name="Danbury" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWH1" name="Dickinson" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p119" name="Ellington Air Force Base" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="f48157" name="Fort Bend" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWG4" name="Friendswood" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48167" name="Galveston" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SEB2" name="Galveston" parent="q30096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SEB3" name="Galveston Oe S" parent="q30096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48201" name="Harris" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWH2" name="Hitchcock" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWG3" name="Hoskins Mound" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWE1" name="Juliff" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWH3" name="La Porte" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SEA3" name="Lake Como" parent="q30096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWH4" name="League City" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWF2" name="Liverpool" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWF1" name="Manvel" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWD4" name="Missouri City" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NEA3" name="Morgans Point" parent="q30096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWG2" name="Mustang Bayou" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWF3" name="Park Place" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWG3" name="Pasadena" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWF4" name="Pearland" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SEB1" name="Port Bolivar" parent="q30096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWE2" name="Rosharon" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWH4" name="San Luis Pass" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWH3" name="Sea Isle" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NEB4" name="Smith Point" parent="q30096NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SEA1" name="Texas City" parent="q30096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SEC2" name="The Jetties" parent="q30096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SEA2" name="Virginia Point" parent="q30096SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>