Howard Winter wrote: > Outer Mongolia: North-East of the Eurasian continent That would be rather wet. Outer Mongolia is still IN Asia. > (to the right of Siberia, perhaps?) Again wet, since Siberia extends all the way to the Pacific ocean. > Uzbekistan: South-East of the former USSR, Actually IN the former USSR. It was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist