<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="p29" name="Waterfowl Production Area FWS" parent="pFWS" scope="Type of land area"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="pFWS" name="FWS" parent="proot" scope="Federal land areas administered by FWS"/><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="p2246" name="Benson County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2247" name="Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2248" name="Burke County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2249" name="Burleigh County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2250" name="Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2251" name="Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2252" name="Divide County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2253" name="Eddy County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2254" name="Grand Forks County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2255" name="Kidder County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2256" name="Marais Des Cygnes Waterfowl Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2257" name="Marshall County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2258" name="McHenry County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2259" name="McLean County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2260" name="Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2261" name="Pierce County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2262" name="Ramsey County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2263" name="Rolette County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2264" name="Sheridan County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2265" name="Stillwater County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2266" name="Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2267" name="Towner County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2268" name="Ward County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2269" name="Wells County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/><term thcode="1" code="p2270" name="Williams County Waterfowl Production Area" parent="p29" scope="Waterfowl Production Area"/></nt></descriptor>