<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="p1510" name="Blue Ridge Parkway" parent="p45" scope="National Parkway"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="p45" name="National Parkway NPS" parent="pNPS" scope="Type of land area"/><term thcode="1" code="pNPS" name="NPS" parent="proot" scope="Federal land areas administered by NPS"/><term thcode="1" code="proot" name="Federal lands" parent="fUS" scope="Land areas administered by US Federal agencies"/><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="q38080NWD4" name="Arnold Valley" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51015" name="Augusta" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f51019" name="Bedford" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWH1" name="Big Levels" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51023" name="Botetourt" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEH4" name="Callaway" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEG4" name="Check" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NEG1" name="Endicott" parent="q37082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51063" name="Floyd" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f51067" name="Franklin" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWA3" name="Garden City" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02080202" name="Maury" parent="h020802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h02080203" name="Middle James-Buffalo" parent="h020802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWC1" name="Montvale" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51125" name="Nelson" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f51141" name="Patrick" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWD1" name="Peaks of Otter" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02080204" name="Rivanna" parent="h020802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWA2" name="Roanoke" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51770" name="Roanoke" parent="fUS51" scope="City"/><term thcode="1" code="f51161" name="Roanoke" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NEA1" name="Sherando" parent="q38080NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWE4" name="Snowden" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h02070005" name="South Fork Shenandoah" parent="h020700" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080SWB2" name="Stewartsville" parent="q38080SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h03010103" name="Upper Dan" parent="h030101" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h02080201" name="Upper James" parent="h020802" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h05050001" name="Upper New" parent="h050500" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h03010101" name="Upper Roanoke" parent="h030101" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q39080SEB4" name="Waynesboro East" parent="q39080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39080SEA4" name="Waynesboro West" parent="q39080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NEE2" name="Willis" parent="q37082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NEF2" name="Woolwine" parent="q37082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>