<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="h12070104" name="Lower Brazos" parent="h120701" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h120701" name="Lower Brazos" parent="h1207" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1207" name="Lower Brazos" 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="q30096SWE3" name="Angleton" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48015" name="Austin" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEF1" name="Bellville" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEE2" name="Bernardo" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48039" name="Brazoria" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWD4" name="Brazoria" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEE3" name="Brenham" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWA2" name="Brookshire" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEG4" name="Buckhorn" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEG1" name="Burleigh" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SED3" name="Burton" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEC3" name="Carmine" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEF2" name="Cat Spring" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWE2" name="Cedar Lakes East" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEF3" name="Chappell Hill" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWC3" name="Clodine" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48089" name="Colorado" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWC2" name="Damon" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEG3" name="Daniels" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEH4" name="East Bernard" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWD3" name="East Columbia" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48149" name="Fayette" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f48157" name="Fort Bend" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWF1" name="Freeport" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWA3" name="Fulshear" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SED4" name="Greenvine" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWB2" name="Guy" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48201" name="Harris" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEH4" name="Hempstead" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWA1" name="Hockley Mound" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEH3" name="Howth" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NED1" name="Industry" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q29096NWE1" name="Jones Creek" parent="q29096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWA1" name="Kendleton" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEF4" name="Kenney" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWE4" name="Lake Jackson" 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="q30096SWB1" name="Needville" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEE1" name="New Ulm" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWA4" name="Orchard" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWD2" name="Otey" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEG3" name="Rexville" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWB4" name="Richmond" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWB3" name="Richmond NE" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEC4" name="Round Top" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEH2" name="San Felipe" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEG2" name="Sealy" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWC1" name="Smithers Lake" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096NWC4" name="Sugar Land" parent="q30096NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEH1" name="Sunny Side" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWC4" name="Sweeny" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWD1" name="Thompsons" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48473" name="Waller" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q31096SWA4" name="Waller" parent="q31096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31096SWA3" name="Waller NW" parent="q31096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30098NEH3" name="Wallis" parent="q30098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48477" name="Washington" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q31098SEE4" name="Welcome" parent="q31098SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q30096SWC3" name="West Columbia" parent="q30096SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>