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          Current official code for the water body for use by federal agencies for data transfer
          and dissemination, if applicable
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              INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)), Identifying Attributes
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              the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and
              the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone
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                        <gco:CharacterString>
            Values for this attribute are composed of a set of area hydrography IDs. As such, they do
            not exist in a known, predefined set.
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            <gfc:FC_FeatureAttribute>
               <gfc:memberName>
                  <gco:LocalName>FULLNAME</gco:LocalName>
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                  <gco:CharacterString>
          Concatenation of expanded text for prefix qualifier, prefix direction, prefix type, base
          name, suffix type, suffix direction, and suffix qualifier (as available) with a space
          between each expanded text field
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                  <gfc:FC_ListedValue>
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                        <gco:CharacterString>
            Values for this attribute are composed of a set of names. As such, they do not exist in
            a known, predefined set.
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         <gfc:carrierOfCharacteristics>
            <gfc:FC_FeatureAttribute>
               <gfc:memberName>
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               <gfc:definition>
                  <gco:CharacterString>MAF/TIGER feature class code</gco:CharacterString>
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               <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Connector</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>Swamp/Marsh</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Lake/Pond</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Reservoir</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Treatment Pond</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Bay/Estuary/Gulf/Sound</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>H2053</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Ocean/Sea</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                  <gfc:FC_ListedValue>
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                        <gco:CharacterString>H2060</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Gravel Pit/Quarry filled with water</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>H2081</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Glacier</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                  <gfc:FC_ListedValue>
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                        <gco:CharacterString>H3010</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Stream/River</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>H3013</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Braided Stream</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                        <gco:CharacterString>H3020</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definition>
                        <gco:CharacterString>Canal, Ditch or Aqueduct</gco:CharacterString>
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                     <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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            <gfc:FC_FeatureAttribute>
               <gfc:memberName>
                  <gco:LocalName>ALAND</gco:LocalName>
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               <gfc:definition>
                  <gco:CharacterString>Current land area (square meters)</gco:CharacterString>
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               <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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            <gfc:FC_FeatureAttribute>
               <gfc:memberName>
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               <gfc:definition>
                  <gco:CharacterString>Current water area (square meters)</gco:CharacterString>
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                        <gco:MultiplicityRange>
                           <gco:lower>
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               <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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            <gfc:FC_FeatureAttribute>
               <gfc:memberName>
                  <gco:LocalName>INTPTLAT</gco:LocalName>
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               <gfc:definition>
                  <gco:CharacterString>Current latitude of the internal point</gco:CharacterString>
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               <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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                  <gco:LocalName>INTPTLON</gco:LocalName>
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               <gfc:definition>
                  <gco:CharacterString>Current longitude of the internal point</gco:CharacterString>
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                        <gco:MultiplicityRange>
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               </gfc:cardinality>
               <gfc:definitionReference xlink:title="U.S Census Bureau"
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