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List of places on land with elevations below sea level
This is a list of places below mean sea level that are on land.
Places in tunnels, mines, basements, dug holes (also with open sky), under water, under ice, or existing temporarily as a result of ebbing of sea tide etc. are not included. Places where seawater and rainwater is pumped away are included. Fully natural places below sea level require a dry climate; otherwise, rain would exceed evaporation and fill the area.
All figures are in meters below sea level, arranged by depth, lowest first:
Contents
1 Africa
2 Antarctica
3 Asia
4 Europe
5 North America
6 Oceania
7 South America
8 Historic and ice-covered areas
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Africa
Afar Depression
Lake Assal, Djibouti, [−153 m (−502 ft)] lowest land in Africa
Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, [−125 m (−410 ft)]
Qattara Depression, Egypt, [−133 m (−436 ft)]
Sebkha Tah, Western Sahara, in the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region [−55 m (−180 ft)]
Sabkhat Ghuzayyil, Libya [−47 m (−154 ft)]
Chott Melrhir, Algeria, [−40 m (−131 ft)]
Shatt al Gharsah, Tunisia, [−17 m (−56 ft)]
Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha, Mauritania, [−5 m (−16 ft)]
Antarctica
- Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills, [−50 m (−164 ft)]
Asia
Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
Neot HaKikar, Israel [−345 m (−1,132 ft)], Israeli settlement just south of Dead Sea. 30°55′59.15″N 35°22′36.11″E / 30.9330972°N 35.3766972°E / 30.9330972; 35.3766972
Dead Sea, Jordan – West Bank – Israel [−430 m (−1,411 ft)], lowest land in Asia and the world 31°30′N 35°30′E / 31.500°N 35.500°E / 31.500; 35.500
Jericho, West Bank [−258 m (−846 ft)], lowest city in the world 31°51′N 35°28′E / 31.85°N 35.46°E / 31.85; 35.46
Bet She'an, Israel (between Tiberias and Jericho) [−122 m (−400 ft)] 32°30′N 35°30′E / 32.50°N 35.50°E / 32.50; 35.50
Sea of Galilee, Israel [−214 m (−702 ft)] 32°48′N 35°36′E / 32.80°N 35.60°E / 32.80; 35.60
Tiberias, Israel [−207 m (−679 ft)] 32°47′48″N 35°32′09″E / 32.7966°N 35.535717°E / 32.7966; 35.535717
Turfan Depression, China [−154 m (−505 ft)][1]
- Caspian Basin
Caspian Depression, Karagiye, Kazakhstan [−138 m (−453 ft)]
Caspian Sea and its shores, Russia – Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan – Iran – Turkmenistan [−28 m (−92 ft)]
Kuttanad, India [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Hachirōgata, Japan [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Europe
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Areas of the Netherlands located below sea level (right) compared to dry land (left).
Caspian Depression
Caspian Sea and its shores, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan [−28 m (−92 ft)]
Baku, Azerbaijan [−28 m (−92 ft)], lowest lying national capital in the world
Atyrau Airport, Kazakhstan [−22 m (−72 ft)] – lowest international airport
Netherlands, coastal provinces [(−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)]
Zuidplaspolder [−7 m (−23 ft)]
Haarlemmermeer [−5 m (−16 ft)]
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Wieringermeer [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Flevoland [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Amsterdam [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Belgium, parts of West Flanders [−3 m (−10 ft)]
Lammefjord, Denmark [−7 m (−23 ft)]
The Fens, United Kingdom [−2.75 m (−9 ft)]
Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Germany [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Le Contane, Jolanda di Savoia, Italy [−3.44 m (−11.3 ft)]
North Slob, County Wexford, Ireland [−3 m (−10 ft)]
Camargue, France [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Kristianstad, Sweden [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Żuławy Wiślane, Poland, Baltic delta of the Vistula River [−2 m (−7 ft)]
North America
Sea level sign (2/3 of the way up the cliff face) above Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, USA
Death Valley
Badwater Basin, California, United States [−85 m (−279 ft)] lowest point in North America
Salton Sink, United States [−66 m (−217 ft)]
Bombay Beach, California, United States [−69 m (−226 ft)]
Salton Sea Beach, California, United States [−67 m (−220 ft)]
Desert Shores, California, United States [−61 m (−200 ft)]
Calipatria, California, United States [−56 m (−184 ft)]
Westmorland, California, United States [−48 m (−157 ft)]
Niland, California, United States [−43 m (−141 ft)]
Salton City, California, United States [−38 m (−125 ft)]
Brawley, California, United States [−37 m (−121 ft)]
Thermal, California, United States [−37 m (−121 ft)]
Coachella, California, United States [−22 m (−72 ft)]
Imperial, California, United States [−18 m (−59 ft)]
Seeley, California, United States [−13 m (−43 ft)]
El Centro, California, United States [−12 m (−39 ft)]
Indio, California, United States [−6 m (−20 ft)]
Heber, California, United States [−5 m (−16 ft)]
Holtville, California, United States [−3 m (−10 ft)]
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Laguna Salada, Baja California, Mexico [−10 m (−33 ft)]
Lake Enriquillo, Dominican Republic [−46 m (−151 ft)], lowest place on an island country.
Oceania
Lake Eyre, Australia, −16 m (−52 ft), lowest land in Australia
Lake Frome, Australia, −6 m (−20 ft)
Taieri Plain, New Zealand, −2 m (−7 ft)
South America
Laguna del Carbón, Argentina [−105 m (−344 ft)] lowest land in the Americas
Bajo del Gualicho, Río Negro province, Argentina [−72 m (−236 ft)]
Salina Grande and Salina Chica, Valdés Peninsula, Chubut Province, Argentina [−42 m (−138 ft)]
Sechura Depression, Sechura Desert, Piura Region, Peru [−34 m (−112 ft)]
Georgetown, Guyana [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Historic and ice-covered areas
Deeper and larger than any of the trenches in the list above is the Bentley Subglacial Trench in Antarctica, at a depth of 2,540 m (8,330 ft). It is subglacial, meaning that it is permanently covered by the largest ice cap in the world. Therefore, it is not included in any list on the page. If the ice melted it would be covered by sea.
The biggest dry land area below sea level that has been known to exist in the geological past, as measured by continuous volume of atmospheric air below sea level, was the dry bed of the Mediterranean Sea in the late Miocene period during the Messinian salinity crisis.
See also
- Extreme points of Earth
- List of countries by lowest point
- List of submarine topographical features
References
^ Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 378. ISBN 0-89577-087-3..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
External links
"Adjustable Sealevel Map". flood.firetree.net.
"Land Below Sea Level". geology.com.
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