<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="q44080SE" name="Lockport" parent="q44080" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="q44080" name="Toronto" 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="q44080SEE4" name="Akron" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEG3" name="Albion" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEF2" name="Ashwood" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEF1" name="Ashwood Oe N" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SED2" name="Barker" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEG4" name="Batavia North" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEH4" name="Byron" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEB3" name="Cambria" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEC4" name="Clarence Center" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SED3" name="Gasport" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEH3" name="Holley" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEH2" name="Kendall" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEH1" name="Kendall Oe N" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEG2" name="Kent" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEG1" name="Kent Oe N" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEF3" name="Knowlesville" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEC3" name="Lockport" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEE2" name="Lyndonville" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEE1" name="Lyndonville Oe N" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEE3" name="Medina" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEC2" name="Newfane" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEF4" name="Oakfield" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEA3" name="Ransomville" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEA2" name="Six Mile Creek" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEB4" name="Tonawanda East" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEA4" name="Tonawanda West" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SEB2" name="Wilson" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44080SED4" name="Wolcottsville" parent="q44080SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="h0412" name="Eastern Lake Erie-Lake Erie" parent="h04" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="f36029" name="Erie" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f36037" name="Genesee" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f36063" name="Niagara" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h0415" name="Northeastern Lake Ontario-Lake Ontario-St. Law" parent="h04" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="f36073" name="Orleans" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h0413" name="Southwestern Lake Ontario" parent="h04" scope="hydrologic subregion"/></rt></descriptor>