<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="h18090101" name="Mono Lake" parent="h180901" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h180901" name="Mono-Owens Lakes" parent="h1809" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h1809" name="Northern Mojave-Mono Lake" 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="q39120SEB4" name="Alameda Well" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEC3" name="Anchorite Hills" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2408" name="Ansel Adams Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEA2" name="Aurora" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NED3" name="Banner Ridge" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NED2" name="Benton Hot Springs" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2916" name="Benton Range Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SWG3" name="Big Alkali" parent="q39120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SWH3" name="Bodie" parent="q39120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2935" name="Bodie Mountain Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEB3" name="Cedar Hill" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEB1" name="Cowtrack Mountain" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEA2" name="Crestview" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEB2" name="Dexter Canyon" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SWF4" name="Dunderberg Peak" parent="q39120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3026" name="Excelsior Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEC2" name="Glass Mountain" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3056" name="Granite Mountain Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2547" name="Hoover Wilderness" parent="p14" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SED4" name="Huntoon Spring" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEC1" name="Indian Meadows" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1206" name="Inyo National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWH2" name="June Lake" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEA3" name="Kirkwood Spring" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWG2" name="Koip Peak" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWH1" name="Lee Vining" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SWG4" name="Lundy" parent="q39120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06039" name="Madera" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWH3" name="Mammoth Mountain" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f32021" name="Mineral" parent="fUS32" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f06051" name="Mono" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="p1581" name="Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area" parent="p48" scope="National Scenic Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEA1" name="Mono Mills" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3134" name="Mormon Meadow Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p3136" name="Mount Biedeman Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWG1" name="Mount Dana" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEB2" name="Mount Hicks" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWF3" name="Mount Lyell" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWG3" name="Mount Ritter" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SWH4" name="Negit Island" parent="q39120SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEC2" name="Powell Mountain" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NED1" name="River Spring" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1269" name="Sierra National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEA4" name="Sulphur Pond" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWF1" name="Tioga Pass" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1282" name="Toiyabe National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEE1" name="Truman Meadows" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f06109" name="Tuolumne" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NWF2" name="Vogelsang Peak" parent="q38120NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p3297" name="Walford Springs Wilderness Study Area" parent="p17" scope="Wilderness Study Area"/><term thcode="1" code="q38120NEC3" name="Watterson Canyon" parent="q38120NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39120SEC4" name="West of Huntoon Spring" parent="q39120SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1508" name="Yosemite National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p2889" name="Yosemite Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/></rt></descriptor>