<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="h07060001" name="Coon-Yellow" parent="h070600" scope="hydrologic unit"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="h070600" name="Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum" parent="h0706" scope="hydrologic accounting unit"/><term thcode="1" code="h0706" name="Upper Mississippi-Maquoketa-Plum" parent="h07" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h07" name="Upper Mississippi" parent="hroot" scope="hydrologic region"/><term thcode="1" code="hroot" name="US hydrologic units" parent="fUS" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><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="f19005" name="Allamakee" parent="fUS19" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEB4" name="Avalanche" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWH4" name="Bridgeport" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWF3" name="Brownsville" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWE3" name="Caledonia" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 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scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p1416" name="Effigy Mounds National Monument" parent="p28" scope="National Monument"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWE4" name="Eitzen" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEA3" name="Esofea" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q43092NWF1" name="Farmersburg" parent="q43092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWH2" name="Ferryville" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWD3" name="Frankville" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWG4" name="Genoa" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWF4" name="Giard" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f55043" name="Grant" parent="fUS55" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWD2" name="Hanover" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWG3" name="Harpers Ferry" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f27055" name="Houston" parent="fUS27" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWF2" name="La Crescent" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f55063" name="La Crosse" parent="fUS55" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWG2" name="La Crosse" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWG2" name="Lansing" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEB2" name="Melvina" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEA2" name="Middle Ridge" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWE4" name="Monona" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f55081" name="Monroe" parent="fUS55" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEA2" name="Mount Sterling" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWF1" name="New Albin" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWH4" name="Newton" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWD4" name="Postville" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWC3" name="Postville NW" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWG4" name="Prairie du Chien" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWF4" name="Reno" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWH1" name="Retreat" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SEA1" name="Rising Sun" parent="q44092SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWE3" name="Rossville" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWH2" name="Saint Joseph" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWD3" name="Sheldon" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWG3" name="Stoddard" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="p2027" name="Upper Mississippi River Wildlife And Fish Refuge" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="p2028" name="Upper Mississippi River Wildlife And Fish Refuge 43" parent="p13" scope="National Wildlife Refuge"/><term thcode="1" code="f55123" name="Vernon" parent="fUS55" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEA4" name="Viroqua" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWF3" name="Waterville" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWE2" name="Waukon" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092SWE1" name="Waukon NW" parent="q44092SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NEB3" name="Westby" parent="q44092NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q44092NWD4" name="Wilmington" parent="q44092NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f19191" name="Winneshiek" parent="fUS19" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>