<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="q39076NW" name="Seaford" parent="q39076" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="q39076" name="Salisbury" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="qroot" name="USGS Quadrangles" parent="fUS" scope="quadrangle"/><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="q39076NWH4" name="Bethany Beach" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC1" name="Burrsville" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWH2" name="Cape Henlopen" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWB1" name="Denton" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWA4" name="East New Market" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWE2" name="Ellendale" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWG3" name="Fairmount" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWB3" name="Federalsburg" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWA2" name="Fowling Creek" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWG4" name="Frankford" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWE3" name="Georgetown" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWD2" name="Greenwood" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWF3" name="Harbeson" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWD1" name="Harrington" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC2" name="Hickman" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWB2" name="Hobbs" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWD4" name="Laurel" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWG2" name="Lewes" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWE1" name="Milford" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWF4" name="Millsboro" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWF2" name="Milton" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWF1" name="Mispillion River" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWA3" name="Preston" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWH3" name="Rehoboth Beach" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWB4" name="Rhodesdale" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWA1" name="Ridgely" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWD3" name="Seaford East" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC3" name="Seaford West" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWC4" name="Sharptown" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q39076NWE4" name="Trap Pond" parent="q39076NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="f24011" name="Caroline" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h0204" name="Delaware" parent="h02" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="f24019" name="Dorchester" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f10001" name="Kent" parent="fUS10" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f24035" name="Queen Anne's" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f10005" name="Sussex" parent="fUS10" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f24041" name="Talbot" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h0206" name="Upper Chesapeake" parent="h02" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="f24045" name="Wicomico" parent="fUS24" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>