<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="p1573" name="Mississippi National River And Recreation Area" parent="p49" scope="National River"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="p49" name="National River 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="q46094SWE3" name="Anoka" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27003" name="Anoka" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWH3" name="Coates" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWF3" name="Coon Rapids" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07010204" name="Crow" parent="h070102" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="f27037" name="Dakota" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEC3" name="Diamond Bluff West" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27049" name="Goodhue" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEB3" name="Hastings" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27053" name="Hennepin" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWH2" name="Inver Grove Heights" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEA1" name="Lake Elmo" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07020012" name="Lower Minnesota" parent="h070200" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWF4" name="Minneapolis North" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWF1" name="Minneapolis South" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f55093" name="Pierce" parent="fUS55" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEB2" name="Prescott" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27123" name="Ramsey" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q46094SWD3" name="Rogers" parent="q46094SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h07040001" name="Rush-Vermillion" parent="h070400" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWH1" name="Saint Paul East" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEA2" name="Saint Paul Park" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWG2" name="Saint Paul SW" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NWG1" name="Saint Paul West" parent="q45094NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27141" name="Sherburne" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h07010206" name="Twin Cities" parent="h070102" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q45094NEA3" name="Vermillion" parent="q45094NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27163" name="Washington" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f27171" name="Wright" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>