<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="q40122NW" name="Chico" parent="q40122" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="q40122" name="Chico" 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="q40122NWH3" name="American House" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWE3" name="Berry Creek" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWF3" name="Brush Creek" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWG1" name="Bucks Lake" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWB1" name="Campbell Mound" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWG3" name="Cascade" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWD3" name="Cherokee" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWB3" name="Chico" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWG4" name="Clipper Mills" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWC1" name="Cohasset" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWH2" name="Dogwood Peak" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWF4" name="Forbestown" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWC3" name="Hamlin Canyon" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWG2" name="Haskins Valley" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWE1" name="Kimshew Point" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWA4" name="Llano Seco" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWH1" name="Meadow Valley" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWB4" name="Nelson" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWA2" name="Nord" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWA3" name="Ord Ferry" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWD4" name="Oroville" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWE4" name="Oroville Dam" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWD2" name="Paradise East" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWC2" name="Paradise West" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWE2" name="Pulga" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWB2" name="Richardson Springs" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWA1" name="Richardson Springs NW" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWC4" name="Shippee" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWF2" name="Soapstone Hill" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWD1" name="Stirling City" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWF1" name="Storrie" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q40122NWH4" name="Strawberry Valley" parent="q40122NW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="f06007" name="Butte" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f06021" name="Glenn" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f06063" name="Plumas" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h1802" name="Sacramento" parent="h18" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="f06091" name="Sierra" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f06103" name="Tehama" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f06115" name="Yuba" parent="fUS06" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>