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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:11:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kent Lee <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: River in Russia? (fwd)


Dear Ilene, List:
The NIMA GEONet database is a bit weak on hydrographic names.  The river can probably be found relatively easily if your patron can specify the provincial-level (ADM1) unit (from Murmanskaya oblast to Chukhotskaya Respublika).  This will help, because the north of Russia is pretty darn big.  We can take a crack at it, but this ADM1 information would be very desirable.
Alternatively, the name of the nearest possible city, village or other populated place (GEONet is strongest here) would help.
Without better data, the best I could recommend would be the Vivi river (mouth coordinates roughly E98 N64 and running NNE from there) in the middle of the Evenkiyskiy Autonomous Okrug.  See p. 51 of the 1984 edition of _Atlas SSSR_, which perhaps your library has.
Best,
Kent D. Lee
East View Cartographic
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 Johnnie Sutherland wrote:---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:32:27 -0600
From: Ilene Raynes
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: River in Russia?

This is a shot in the dark, but I'm wondering if anyone can help me help
a patron.

Our patron is looking for a river in Russia (North Russia, he thinks)
called VIVEDA or BIVEDA. He's not sure of the spelling b/c it was taken
from an audio tape heard by a professor here. Of course both spellings
yield no results in GEONet and he's not having luck looking thru our
maps of Russia. I even checked a gazetteer that we have here, "U.S.S.R.
and certain neighboring areas," to no avail. If there's anyone out there
w/a specialty in this area of the world or if you have a gazetteer that
might be helpful, we'd appreciate any leads.


Thanks-

Ilene

Ilene Raynes
Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences and Map Library
University of Colorado - Boulder
Campus Box 184
Boulder, CO 80309
(303) 492-4487
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