<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="h18020123" name="Middle Fork Feather" parent="h180201" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h180201" name="Lower Sacramento" parent="h1802" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1802" name="Sacramento" parent="h18" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h18" name="California" 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="q40122NWH3" name="American House" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEF3" name="Antelope Valley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SWE1" name="Bangor" parent="q40122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEH2" name="Beckwourth Pass" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWE3" name="Berry Creek" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p856" name="Berry Creek Rancheria" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NED2" name="Blairsden" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEB2" name="Blue Nose Mountain" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWF3" name="Brush Creek" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWG1" name="Bucks Lake" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06007" name="Butte" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEE3" name="Calpine" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWG3" name="Cascade" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEG2" name="Chilcoot" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NED3" name="Clio" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWG4" name="Clipper Mills" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEH1" name="Constantia" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEE1" name="Crocker Mountain" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEF1" name="Dixie Mountain" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEH4" name="Dog Valley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWH2" name="Dogwood Peak" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p894" name="Enterprise Rancheria" parent="p15" scope="Indian Reservations"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEH3" name="Evans Canyon" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41122SEF4" name="Ferris Creek" parent="q41122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWF4" name="Forbestown" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEG1" name="Frenchman Lake" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEC3" name="Gold Lake" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NED1" name="Grizzly Valley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWG2" name="Haskins Valley" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SEF1" name="Independence Lake" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEC2" name="Johnsville" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEA3" name="La Porte" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06035" name="Lassen" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEG3" name="Loyalton" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41122SEG4" name="Mckesick Peak" parent="q41122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWH1" name="Meadow Valley" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEB3" name="Mount Fillmore" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEC1" name="Mount Ingalls" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEA2" name="Onion Valley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWE4" name="Oroville Dam" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06063" name="Plumas" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p1247" name="Plumas National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEE2" name="Portola" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEA1" name="Quincy" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SWF1" name="Rackerby" parent="q40122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEF2" name="Reconnaissance Peak" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEG4" name="Sardine Peak" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEE4" name="Sattley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06091" name="Sierra" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEF4" name="Sierraville" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWF2" name="Soapstone Hill" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEB1" name="Spring Garden" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWH4" name="Strawberry Valley" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1278" name="Tahoe National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1282" name="Toiyabe National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SEE1" name="Webber Peak" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06115" name="Yuba" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>