<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="q43098NE" name="Sioux City North" parent="q43098" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="q43098" name="Sioux City" 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="q43098NED2" name="Akron" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEB1" name="Alsen" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEH1" name="Alton" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEF2" name="Brunsville" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEB3" name="Burbank" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NED1" name="Chatsworth" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEC3" name="Elk Point" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NED3" name="Elk Point NE" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEE1" name="Hawarden South" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEF3" name="Hinton" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEA1" name="Hub City" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEF1" name="Ireton" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEE2" name="Ireton SW" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEF4" name="James" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NED4" name="Jefferson" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEG2" name="Le Mars" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEB4" name="Martinsburg" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEA4" name="Martinsburg SW" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEA3" name="Maskell" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEG1" name="Maurice" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEE3" name="Millnerville" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEC1" name="Nora" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEH2" name="Oyens" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEC4" name="Ponca" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEC2" name="Richland" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEE4" name="Sioux City North" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEH3" name="Union Center" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEG3" name="Union Center NW" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEH4" name="Union Center SE" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEG4" name="Union Center SW" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEA2" name="Vermillion" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43098NEB2" name="Vermillion SE" parent="q43098NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="f46027" name="Clay" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f31043" name="Dakota" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f31051" name="Dixon" parent="fUS31" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h1022" name="Elkhorn" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term 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