<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="h14080202" name="Mcelmo" parent="h140802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h140802" name="Lower San Juan" parent="h1408" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1408" name="San Juan" parent="h14" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h14" name="Upper Colorado" 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="q38110SWG3" name="Aneth" parent="q38110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEC1" name="Arriola" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEB2" name="Battle Rock" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEA2" name="Bowdish Canyon" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1384" name="Canyon of the Ancients National Monument" parent="p33" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1385" name="Canyons of the Ancients National Monument" parent="p33" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SED2" name="Cortez" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2991" name="Cross Canyon Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEE1" name="Dolores East" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SED1" name="Dolores West" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1429" name="Hovenweep National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEB3" name="Mariano Wash East" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEA3" name="Mariano Wash West" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1492" name="Mesa Verde National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p2875" name="Mesa Verde Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="f08083" name="Montezuma" parent="fUS08" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEC2" name="Mud Creek" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SWG2" name="Navajo Canyon" parent="q38110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p970" name="Navajo Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEA1" name="Negro Canyon" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SWH3" name="Peters Nipple" parent="q38110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110NEB4" name="Pleasant View" parent="q38110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEE2" name="Point Lookout" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110NEA4" name="Ruin Canyon" parent="q38110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SWH1" name="Ruin Point" parent="q38110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f49037" name="San Juan" parent="fUS49" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p1261" name="San Juan National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEC3" name="Towaoc" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110NED4" name="Trimble Point" parent="q38110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1068" name="Ute Mountain Indian Reservation" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SED3" name="Wetherill Mesa" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SWH2" name="Wickiup Canyon" parent="q38110SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110SEB1" name="Woods Canyon" parent="q38110SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38110NEC4" name="Yellow Jacket" parent="q38110NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>