<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="p28" name="National Monument 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="p1395" name="Agate Fossil Beds National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1396" name="Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1397" name="Aniakchak National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1398" name="Aztec Ruins National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1399" name="Bandelier National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1400" name="Booker T. Washington National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1401" name="Buck Island Reef National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1402" name="Cabrillo National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1403" name="Canyon de Chelly National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1404" name="Cape Krusenstern National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1405" name="Capulin Volcano National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1406" name="Casa Grande Ruins National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1407" name="Cedar Breaks National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1408" name="Chaco Canyon National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1409" name="Chiricahua National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1410" name="Colorado National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1411" name="Congaree Swamp National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1413" name="Craters of the Moon National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1414" name="Devil's Tower National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1415" name="Dinosaur National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1416" name="Effigy Mounds National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1417" name="El Malpais National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1418" name="El Morro National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1419" name="Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1420" name="Fort Pulaski National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1421" name="Fort Union National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1422" name="Fossil Butte National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1423" name="George Washington Birthplace National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1424" name="Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1425" name="Great Sand Dunes National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1426" name="Great Sand Dunes Wilderness" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1427" name="Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1428" name="Hohokam Pima National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1429" name="Hovenweep National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1430" name="Jewel Cave National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1431" name="John Day Fossil Beds National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1432" name="Lava Beds National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1433" name="Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1434" name="Montezuma Castle National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1435" name="Muir Woods National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1436" name="Natural Bridges National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1437" name="Navajo National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1438" name="Ocmulgee National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1439" name="Oregon Caves National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1440" name="Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1441" name="Petroglyph National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1442" name="Pinnacles National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1443" name="Pipe Spring National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1444" name="Pipestone National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1445" name="Poverty Point National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1446" name="Rainbow Bridge National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1447" name="Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1448" name="Scotts Bluff National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1449" name="Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1450" name="Timpanogos Cave National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1451" name="Tonto National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1452" name="Tuzigoot National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1453" name="Walnut Canyon National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1454" name="White Sands National Mounument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="p1455" name="Wupatki National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="p1388" name="Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument" parent="p33" scope="National Monument"/></rt></descriptor>