<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="p18" name="National Park NPS" parent="pNPS" scope="Type of land area"/><bt><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><nt><term thcode="1" code="p1456" name="Acadia National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1457" name="Arches National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1458" name="Badlands National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1459" name="Big Bend National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1460" name="Biscayne National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1461" name="Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1462" name="Bryce Canyon National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1463" name="Canyonlands National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1464" name="Capitol Reef National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1465" name="Carlsbad Caverns National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1466" name="Channel Islands National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1467" name="Crater Lake National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1468" name="Death Valley National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1469" name="Denali National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1470" name="Dry Tortugas National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1471" name="Everglades National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1472" name="Gates of the Arctic National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1473" name="Glacier Bay National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1474" name="Glacier National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1475" name="Grand Canyon National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1476" name="Grand Teton National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1477" name="Great Basin National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1478" name="Great Smoky Mountains National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1479" name="Guadalupe Mountains National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1480" name="Haleakala National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1481" name="Hawaii Volcanoes National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1482" name="Hot Springs National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1483" name="Isle Royale National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1484" name="Joshua Tree National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1485" name="Katmai National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1486" name="Kenai Fjords National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1487" name="Kings Canyon National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1488" name="Kobuk Valley National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1489" name="Lake Clark National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1490" name="Lassen Volcanic National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1491" name="Mammoth Cave National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1492" name="Mesa Verde National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1493" name="Mount Rainier National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1494" name="North Cascades National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1495" name="Olympic National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1496" name="Petrified Forest National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1497" name="Redwood National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1498" name="Rocky Mountain National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1499" name="Saguaro National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1500" name="Sequoia National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1501" name="Shenandoah National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1502" name="Theodore Roosevelt National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1503" name="Virgin Islands National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1504" name="Voyageurs National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1505" name="Wind Cave National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1506" name="Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1507" name="Yellowstone National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1508" name="Yosemite National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1509" name="Zion National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/></nt></descriptor>