<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="h16060015" name="Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys" parent="h160600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h160600" name="Central Nevada Desert Basins" parent="h1606" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1606" name="Central Nevada Desert Basins" parent="h16" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h16" name="Great Basin" 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="q36116NWF1" name="Bird Spring" parent="q36116NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NWB2" name="Blackwater Mine" parent="q36116NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37116SWE4" name="Blue Diamond" parent="q37116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37118SEF2" name="Bole Spring" parent="q37118SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NEB1" name="Boulder City" parent="q36116NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NEA1" name="Boulder City NW" parent="q36116NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NEB2" name="Boulder City SE" parent="q36116NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NEA2" name="Boulder City SW" parent="q36116NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NWA1" name="Calvada Springs" parent="q36116NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116SWG2" name="Castle Peaks" parent="q36116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37116SWC2" name="Charleston Peak" parent="q37116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116SWD3" name="Cima" parent="q36116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116SWD2" name="Cima Dome" parent="q36116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f32003" name="Clark" parent="fUS32" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" 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scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q37116SWD3" name="La Madre Spring" parent="q37116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1564" name="Lake Mead National Recreation Area" parent="p32" scope="National Recreation Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q37118SEH2" name="Last Chance Range" parent="q37118SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37116SWC4" name="Lost Cabin Spring" parent="q37116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NWG4" name="Mccullough Mountain" parent="q36116NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NWH3" name="Mccullough Mountain NE" parent="q36116NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NWG3" name="Mccullough Pass" parent="q36116NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116SWD1" name="Mescal Range" parent="q36116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NWD3" name="Mesquite Lake" 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code="q37116SWA1" name="Mount Stirling" parent="q37116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3142" name="Mount Stirling Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q37116SWD4" name="Mountain Springs" parent="q37116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NEB3" name="Nelson" parent="q36116NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NEA4" name="Nelson SW" parent="q36116NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116SWF1" name="Nipton" parent="q36116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37118SEH4" name="Nopah Peak" parent="q37118SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2343" name="Nopah Range Wilderness" parent="p27" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="p3158" name="North McCullough Mountains Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2346" name="North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness" parent="p27" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q36118NEH1" name="North of Tecopa Pass" parent="q36118NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f32023" name="Nye" parent="fUS32" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NWC4" name="Pachalka Spring" parent="q36116NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37116SWA3" name="Pahrump" parent="q37116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37116SWB3" name="Pahrump NE" parent="q37116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2352" name="Pahrump Valley Wilderness" parent="p27" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="p3183" name="Pine Creek Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116SWF3" name="Pinto Valley" parent="q36116SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36116NWD1" name="Potosi" parent="q36116NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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