<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="q41086NE" name="Lima" parent="q41086" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="q41086" name="Muncie" 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="q41086NEA3" name="Berne" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEH2" name="Cairo" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NED4" name="Celina" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEH1" name="Columbus Grove" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEC1" name="Convoy" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEG3" name="Cridersville" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEA2" name="Decatur" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEF2" name="Delphos" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEB1" name="Dixon" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEE3" name="Elgin" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEG2" name="Elida" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEC4" name="Erastus" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEA4" name="Geneva" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEC2" name="Glenmore" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEA1" name="Hoagland" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEG1" name="Kalida" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEH3" name="Lima" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NED3" name="Mendon" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEE2" name="Middle Point" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEF4" name="Moulton" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEB4" name="New Corydon" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEF1" name="Ottoville" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEC3" name="Rockford" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEE4" name="Saint Marys" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NED1" name="Scott" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEF3" name="Spencerville" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEH4" name="Uniopolis" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NED2" name="Van Wert" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEG4" name="Wapakoneta" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEE1" name="Wetsel" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEB3" name="Willshire" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q41086NEB2" name="Wren" parent="q41086NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="f18001" name="Adams" parent="fUS18" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f18003" name="Allen" parent="fUS18" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f39003" name="Allen" parent="fUS39" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f39011" name="Auglaize" parent="fUS39" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h0508" name="Great Miami" parent="h05" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term 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