<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="h18030003" name="Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-" parent="h180300" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h180300" name="Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes" parent="h1803" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1803" name="Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes" 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="q36120NED3" name="Alta Sierra" parent="q36120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NWF2" name="Apache Canyon" parent="q35120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEB3" name="Arvin" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NWE1" name="Ballinger Canyon" parent="q35120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEC3" name="Bear Mountain" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEC2" name="Bena" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1637" name="Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SED1" name="Breckenridge Mountain" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEG3" name="Cache Peak" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2472" name="Chumash Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEF1" name="Claraville" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SWH4" name="Coal Oil Canyon" parent="q36120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEG2" name="Cross Mountain" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NWH2" name="Cuddy Valley" parent="q35120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SED4" name="Cummings Mountain" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120NEC4" name="Democrat Hot Springs" parent="q36120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NWG1" name="Eagle Rest Peak" parent="q35120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEB2" name="Edison" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEF2" name="Emerald Mountain" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NEA2" name="Frazier Mountain" parent="q35120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NEA1" name="Grapevine" parent="q35120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p337" name="Isabella Reservoir" parent="p19" scope="Army Corps of Engineers"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SED3" name="Keene" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06029" name="Kern" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NEC2" name="La Liebre Ranch" parent="q35120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120NEE3" name="Lake Isabella North" parent="q36120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120NEE4" name="Lake Isabella South" parent="q36120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NEB2" name="Lebec" parent="q35120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NED1" name="Liebre Twins" parent="q35120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEE2" name="Loraine" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06037" name="Los Angeles" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p1217" name="Los Padres National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SWE4" name="Maricopa" parent="q36120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120NED4" name="Miracle Hot Springs" parent="q36120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEC1" name="Mount Adelaide" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEA1" name="Oil Center" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SED2" name="Oiler Peak" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NEB1" name="Pastoria Creek" parent="q35120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SWF4" name="Pentland" parent="q36120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120NEB4" name="Pine Mountain" parent="q36120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3186" name="Piute Cypress Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEE1" name="Piute Peak" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NWH1" name="Pleito Hills" parent="q35120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEB1" name="Rio Bravo Ranch" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06079" name="San Luis Obispo" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NWF1" name="Santiago Creek" parent="q35120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NWG2" name="Sawmill Mountain" parent="q35120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1264" name="Sequoia National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEF3" name="Tehachapi NE" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEE3" name="Tehachapi North" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEE4" name="Tehachapi South" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEB4" name="Tejon Hills" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120SEC4" name="Tejon Ranch" parent="q36120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06111" name="Ventura" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q35120NEC1" name="Winters Ridge" parent="q35120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q36120NEF4" name="Woolstalf Creek" parent="q36120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>