<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="h17020014" name="Banks Lake" parent="h170200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h170200" name="Upper Columbia" parent="h1702" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1702" name="Upper Columbia" parent="h17" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h17" name="Pacific Northwest" 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="q49120SWG4" name="Alameda Flat" parent="q49120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NEA3" name="Almira" parent="q48120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p654" name="Banks Lake" parent="p16" scope="Bureau of Reclamation"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWG1" name="Barker Canyon" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p659" name="Billy Clapp Lake" parent="p16" scope="Bureau of Reclamation"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NEB2" name="Broadax Draw" parent="q48120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWF4" name="Coulee City" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f53017" name="Douglas" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWH1" name="Electric City" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SWD2" name="Ephrata" parent="q48120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NEA1" name="Grand Coulee Dam" parent="q48120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f53025" name="Grant" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SWE2" name="Grant Orchards" parent="q48120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWH3" name="Hartline" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWG3" name="Hartline NW" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWH4" name="Hartline SE" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWG4" name="Hartline SW" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NEA2" name="Jack Woods Butte" parent="q48120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWD4" name="Jameson Lake SE" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f53043" name="Lincoln" parent="fUS53" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SWD1" name="Little Soap Lake" parent="q48120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NEB1" name="Mica Mountain" parent="q48120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWF3" name="Mold" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWE4" name="Park Lake" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWE3" name="Saint Andrews" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q49120SWH4" name="Sanderson Creek" parent="q49120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWF2" name="Sims Corner" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SWE1" name="Soap Lake" parent="q48120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWH2" name="Steamboat Rock SE" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120NWG2" name="Steamboat Rock SW" parent="q48120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SWF1" name="Stratford" parent="q48120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q48120SWG1" name="Wilson Creek NW" parent="q48120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>