----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Years ago I heard of a plan to make a large portion of(what is now) the former Soviet Union an artificial sea. The plan was to flood a large, mostly flat area in the north. The government lost interest when petrolium was discovered throughout a large portion of the area that would be underwater. Does anyone have a map that shows the area that would have been flooded? A topo map or DEM would be good. Even a gif or jpg showing the area would work. If anyone can point me to a source for a map showing this information, I'd appreciate it. John [log in to unmask]