<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="f06091" name="Sierra" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="fUS06" name="California" 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="q40122SEB1" name="Alleghany" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWH3" name="American House" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEF3" name="Antelope Valley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEB2" name="Blue Nose Mountain" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SEH1" name="Boca" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEE3" name="Calpine" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SWH1" name="Camptonville" parent="q40122SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NW" name="Chico" parent="q40122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NED3" name="Clio" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEH4" name="Dog Valley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEB4" name="Downieville" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SED1" name="English Mountain" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEH3" name="Evans Canyon" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEC3" name="Gold Lake" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEA4" name="Goodyears Bar" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SEC1" name="Graniteville" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NED4" name="Haypress Valley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SEG1" name="Hobart Mills" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18080003" name="Honey-Eagle Lakes" parent="h180800" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SEF1" name="Independence Lake" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEA3" name="La Porte" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEG3" name="Loyalton" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18020123" name="Middle Fork Feather" parent="h180201" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEB3" name="Mount Fillmore" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEA2" name="Onion Valley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SEA1" name="Pike" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1247" name="Plumas National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NE" name="Portola" parent="q40122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEG4" name="Sardine Peak" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEE4" name="Sattley" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEC4" name="Sierra City" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NEF4" name="Sierraville" parent="q40122NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p801" name="Stampede Reservoir" parent="p16" scope="Bureau of Reclamation"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWH4" name="Strawberry Valley" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1278" name="Tahoe National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="p1282" name="Toiyabe National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><term thcode="1" code="h16050102" name="Truckee" parent="h160501" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SE" name="Truckee" parent="q40122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="h18020125" name="Upper Yuba" parent="h180201" scope="hydrologic unit"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SEE1" name="Webber Peak" parent="q40122SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122SW" name="Yuba City" parent="q40122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/></rt></descriptor>