<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="p1207" name="Jefferson National Forest" parent="p12" scope="National Forest"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="p12" name="National Forest FS" parent="pFS" scope="Type of land area"/><term thcode="1" code="pFS" name="FS" parent="proot" scope="Federal land areas administered by FS"/><term thcode="1" code="proot" name="Federal lands" parent="fUS" scope="Land areas 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name="Austinville" parent="q37082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SWG3" name="Bastian" parent="q38082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51019" name="Bedford" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084NEA1" name="Benham" parent="q37084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SWG4" name="Big Bend" parent="q38082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084NEB2" name="Big Stone Gap" parent="q37084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEE3" name="Blacksburg" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SWH4" name="Bland" parent="q38082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51021" name="Bland" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SWG2" name="Bluefield" parent="q38082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51023" name="Botetourt" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWH3" name="Brierpatch Mountain" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWC1" name="Broadford" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084NEH2" name="Brumley" parent="q37084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38080NWC4" name="Buchanan" parent="q38080NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51027" name="Buchanan" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f51035" name="Carroll" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEH1" name="Catawba" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWF2" name="Cedar Springs" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWD1" name="Chatham Hill" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084NEC3" 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name="Glenvar" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWE4" name="Grassy Creek" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWC4" name="Grayson" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51077" name="Grayson" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f21095" name="Harlan" parent="fUS21" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38084SEF3" name="Haysi" parent="q38084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWA2" name="Hayters Gap" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38084SEE2" name="Hellier" parent="q38084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084NEH4" name="Holston Valley" parent="q37084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SWE4" name="Hutchinson Rock" parent="q38082SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SED1" name="Interior" parent="q38082SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38084SED3" name="Jenkins East" parent="q38084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q38084SEC3" name="Jenkins West" parent="q38084SE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f47091" name="Johnson" parent="fUS47" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082NEH3" name="Jordan Mines" parent="q38082NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37084NEA2" name="Keokee" parent="q37084NE" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWC3" name="Konnarock" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q37082NWB4" name="Laurel Bloomery" parent="q37082NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="f51105" name="Lee" parent="fUS51" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f21133" name="Letcher" parent="fUS21" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="q38082SEC1" name="Lindside" 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