<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="q45074NW" name="Lake Champlain North" parent="q45074" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="q45074" name="Lake Champlain" 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="q45074NWA4" name="Alder Brook" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWC1" name="Altona" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWE2" name="Beekmantown" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWE1" name="Champlain" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWA1" name="Churubusco" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWG4" name="Colchester" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWF4" name="Colchester Point" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWC3" name="Dannemora" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWG1" name="East Alburg" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWA2" name="Ellenburg Center" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWB1" name="Ellenburg Depot" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWB2" name="Ellenburg Mountain" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWH4" name="Essex Center" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWG3" name="Georgia Plains" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWH1" name="Highgate Center" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWC2" name="Jericho" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWE4" name="Keeseville" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWA3" name="Lyon Mountain" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWH3" name="Milton" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWB3" name="Moffitsville" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWD1" name="Mooers" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWD3" name="Morrisonville" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWF2" name="North Hero" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWC4" name="Peasleeville" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWD4" name="Peru" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWE3" name="Plattsburgh" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWB4" name="Redford" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWF1" name="Rouses Point" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWH2" name="Saint Albans" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWG2" name="Saint Albans Bay" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWF3" name="South Hero" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45074NWD2" name="West Chazy" parent="q45074NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="f50007" name="Chittenden" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f36019" name="Clinton" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f36031" name="Essex" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f36033" name="Franklin" parent="fUS36" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f50011" name="Franklin" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f50013" name="Grand Isle" parent="fUS50" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h0415" name="Northeastern Lake Ontario-Lake Ontario-St. Law" parent="h04" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h0201" name="Richelieu" parent="h02" scope="hydrologic subregion"/></rt></descriptor>