<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="h13070010" name="Independence" parent="h130700" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h130700" name="Lower Pecos" parent="h1307" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1307" name="Lower Pecos" parent="h13" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h13" name="Rio Grande" 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="q31104SEF1" name="Big Canyon Ranch NE" parent="q31104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104SEE1" name="Big Canyon Ranch NW" parent="q31104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104SED1" name="Busher Canyon" parent="q31104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104SEG1" name="Circle Dot Ranch" parent="q31104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104SEH1" name="Circle Dot Ranch NE" parent="q31104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104SEH2" name="Continental Ranch" parent="q31104SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31102SWB2" name="Geddis Canyon East" parent="q31102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31102SWA1" name="Geddis Canyon NW" parent="q31102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31102SWA2" name="Geddis Canyon West" parent="q31102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEF3" name="Hackberry Draw NE" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEE3" name="Hackberry Draw NW" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEF4" name="Hackberry Draw SE" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEE4" name="Hackberry Draw SW" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEG3" name="Hat-a Ranch" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31102NWA4" name="Horsehead Canyon" parent="q31102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEH4" name="Mitchell Draw" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31102SWB1" name="Oasis Ranch" parent="q31102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48371" name="Pecos" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NED4" name="Rock House Draw" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NED3" name="Rock House Draw NE" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEG4" name="Seventeen Ranch" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31102NWA3" name="Sheffield NW" parent="q31102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31102NWB4" name="Sheffield SE" parent="q31102NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEF2" name="Sherbino Mesa" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEG2" name="Sherbino Ranch" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31102SWC1" name="Sixshooter Canyon" parent="q31102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEE2" name="Skyscraper Peak" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q31104NEH3" name="Smoky Mountain Ranch" parent="q31104NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f48443" name="Terrell" parent="fUS48" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>