<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="q42072NE" name="New Bedford" parent="q42072" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="q42072" name="Providence" 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="q42072NEA2" name="Assawompset Pond" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEA1" name="Bridgewater" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEE4" name="Cotuit" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEG3" name="Dennis" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEG2" name="Dennis Oe N" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NED4" name="Falmouth" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEH3" name="Harwich" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEH2" name="Harwich Oe N" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEF3" name="Hyannis" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEF4" name="Hyannis Oe S" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NED1" name="Manomet" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEB3" name="Marion" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEH4" name="Monomoy Point Oe W" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEA3" name="New Bedford North" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEA4" name="New Bedford South" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEC3" name="Onset" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEC1" name="Plymouth" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEB1" name="Plympton" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NED3" name="Pocasset" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NED2" name="Sagamore" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEE3" name="Sandwich" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEE2" name="Sandwich Oe N" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEB4" name="Sconticut Neck" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEB2" name="Snipatuit Pond" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEC2" name="Wareham" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEH1" name="Wellfleet" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q42072NEC4" name="Woods Hole" parent="q42072NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="f25001" name="Barnstable" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f25005" name="Bristol" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f25007" name="Dukes" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h0109" name="Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal" parent="h01" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="f25023" name="Plymouth" parent="fUS25" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>