<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="f02185" name="North Slope" parent="fUS02" scope="Borough"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS02" name="Alaska" parent="fUS" scope="state"/><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><rt><term thcode="1" code="p1599" name="Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q69147" name="Arctic" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p1608" name="Arctic National Wildlife Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="q72157" name="Barrow" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q71144" name="Barter Island" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p85" name="Barter Island Long Range Radar Site" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060503" name="Beaufort Lagoon" parent="h190605" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q71150" name="Beechey Point" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060502" name="Camden Bay" parent="h190605" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060501" name="Canning River" parent="h190605" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q68150" name="Chandalar" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q69153" name="Chandler Lake" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060303" name="Chandler-Anaktuvuk Rivers" parent="h190603" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q68147" name="Christian" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040202" name="Coleen River" parent="h190402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q69165" name="De Long Mountains" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q70144" name="Demarcation Point" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040302" name="East Fork Chandalar River" parent="h190403" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q71147" name="Flaxman Island" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p1472" name="Gates of the Arctic National Park" parent="p18" scope="National Park"/><term thcode="1" code="p1519" name="Gates of the Arctic National Preserve" parent="p30" scope="National Preserve"/><term thcode="1" code="p2861" name="Gates of the Arctic Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060205" name="Harrison Bay" parent="h190602" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q71153" name="Harrison Bay" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q69159" name="Howard Pass" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060204" name="Ikpikpuk River" parent="h190602" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q70156" name="Ikpikpuk River" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060302" name="Killik River" parent="h190603" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q69156" name="Killik River" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060102" name="Kokolik River" parent="h190601" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060201" name="Kuk River" parent="h190602" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060101" name="Kukpowruk River" parent="h190601" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060401" name="Kuparuk River" parent="h190604" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050405" name="Lisburne Peninsula" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="p150" name="Lonely Distant Early Warning Station" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="q70159" name="Lookout Ridge" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060304" name="Lower Colville River" parent="h190603" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050403" name="Lower Noatak River" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060203" name="Meade River" parent="h190602" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q71159" name="Meade River" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040301" name="Middle Fork-North Fork" parent="h190403" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050402" name="Middle Noatak River" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060403" name="Mikkelson Bay" parent="h190604" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q69162" name="Misheguk Mountain" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p2824" name="Mollie Beattie Wilderness" parent="p20" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="q70147" name="Mt Michelson" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p2200" name="National Petroleum Reserve In Alaska" parent="p21" scope="Other"/><term thcode="1" code="p1526" name="Noatak National Preserve" parent="p30" scope="National Preserve"/><term thcode="1" code="p2878" name="Noatak Wilderness" parent="p22" scope="Wilderness"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060202" name="Northwest Coast" parent="h190602" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040201" name="Old Crow River" parent="h190402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q69150" name="Philip Smith Mts" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q69168" name="Point Hope" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q70165" name="Point Lay" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p183" name="Point Lay Distant Early Warning Station" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="q70150" name="Sagavanirktok" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060402" name="Sagavanirktok River" parent="h190604" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040203" name="Sheenjek River" parent="h190402" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q68156" name="Survey Pass" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q69144" name="Table Mtn" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q71156" name="Teshekpuk" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q70153" name="Umiat" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060301" name="Upper Colville River" parent="h190603" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19040601" name="Upper Koyukuk River" parent="h190406" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050401" name="Upper Noatak River" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h19060103" name="Utukok River" parent="h190601" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q70162" name="Utukok River" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="q71163" name="Wainwright" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="p211" name="Wainwright Dew Station" parent="p25" scope="Air Force"/><term thcode="1" code="q68153" name="Wiseman" parent="qroot" scope="1:250,000 Alaska quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="h19050404" name="Wulik-Kivalina Rivers" parent="h190504" scope="hydrologic unit"/></rt></descriptor>