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Introduction: Dozens of land areas of the Earth sit below current sea level. The lowest land area is the shoreline of the Dead Sea Depression in Israel, Jordan and Syria. It is approximately 413 meters or 1355 feet below sea level. The largest below-sea-level depression by surface area is the Caspian Depression of Kazakhstan and Russia.
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 mean sea level (as locally defined), arranged by depth, lowest first:
#NameCountryDepth1−153 m (−502 ft)2−133 m (−436 ft)3−125 m (−410 ft)4−55 m (−180 ft)People also ask
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- Dead Sea, Jordan/Israel - 414 Meters Below Sea Level
- Lake Assal, Djibouti - 155 Meters Below Sea Level
- Turpan Pendi, China - 154 Meters Below Sea Level
- Qattara Depression, Egypt - 133 Meters Below Sea Level
- Vpadina Kaundy, Kazakhstan - 132 Meters Below Sea Level
- Denakil, Ethiopia - 125 Meters Below Sea Level
- Laguna Del Carbón, Argentina - 105 Meters Below Sea Level
- Death Valley, United States - 86 Meters Below Sea Level
- Vpadina Akchanaya, Turkmenistan - 81 Meters Below Sea Level
- Salton Sea, United States - 69 Meters Below Sea Level
The Dead Sea, or Al-Baḥr Al-Mayyit (Arabic), or Yam HaMelaẖ (Hebrew), is a hypersaline lake that marks the lowest point on the Earth's superficial surface (414 meters/1,358 feet below sea level). This landlocked wonder is located within the Judean Desert and is part of both Israel (Western half) and Jordan(Eastern half). The Dead Sea is nestled bet...
Djibouti is a small African nation encompassed by Southern Eritrea and the Red Sea (to the North), Eastern Ethiopia (to the West), Northwestern Somalia (to the Southeast), and the Gulf of Aden(to the East). Near the center of the country, a sizable and corrosively salty (35% salinity) crater lake called Lake Assal (or Lac 'Assal) plunges to 155 met...
The lowest point in China and the third-lowest terrestrial point in the world can be found at 154 meters (505 feet) below sea level, within the Turpan Depression (or Turfan Depression, Turpan Basin, Tulufan Pendi). This 20,000 square-mile (50,000 square-kilometer) formation exists within the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in Northeastern China...
Located in Northwestern Egypt, in the Libyan Desert (part of the Eastern Sahara Desert), the Qattara (or Qaṭṭārah) Depression slouches as low as 133 meters (435 feet) below sea level. This 7,000+ square-mile (over 18,100 square kilometers) footprint-shaped basin/sinkhole is marked by salt lakes, marshes, salt pans, and sand dunes. It formed over th...
Vpadina Kaundy is the lowest point within the Karagiye Depression (or Karagiye Mountain Trench). This 25-mile (40-kilometer) long karst trench is located in Western Kazakhstan, on the Mangyshlak Peninsula, near the shore of the Caspian Sea. It hits a minimum elevation of 132 meters (433 feet) below sea level, which makes it the lowest point in Cent...
The Denakil Depression (also spelled Danakil and also known as the Afar Depression) is located in the Danakil Desert of Northeastern Ethiopia, near the Southeastern border of Eritrea - all of which are part of the Horn of Africa. Denakil formed at 125 meters (410 feet) below sea level, where the Indian, African, and Arabian tectonic plates converge...
Laguna del Carbón (or "Coal Lake") sits 105 meters (344 feet) below sea level, making it the lowest point in Argentina, as well as both the Southern and Western Hemispheres. It is found within the Province of Santa Cruz, and the Department of Corpen Aike, near the Patagonian town of Puerto San Julian. Laguna del Carbón also falls within the broader...
Death Valley, in Eastern California, United States, is the hottest place in the world, one of the driest regions in the United States, and is the site of the lowest point in both the country and the continent. This region of the Mojave Desert typically receives fewer than 2-inches of rain each year, and in the Summer of 1913, the thermometer regist...
Vpadina Akchanaya is part of the Akdzhakaya Depression in Northern Turkmenistan. It measures 81 meters (266 feet) below sea level. This arid region is located in the Daşoguz Region (or Province), within the boundary of the Karakum Desert. The closest major city is Daşoguz (or Dashoguz) to the East, and the border of Western Uzbekistan thoroughly ar...
The Salton Sea is a saline lake located along the San Andreas Fault in Southern California, United States. This shallow, endorheic body of water was artificially (and accidentally) formed in 1905, just South of the well-known Joshua Tree National Park and Southeast of the resort city of Palm Springs. The lake sits at approximately 69 meters (226 fe...
- Dead Sea, Israel. The Dead Sea is the world’s lowest point of land at 1,388 feet (423 meters) below sea level, more than twice as deep as the remaining areas below sea level.
- Lake Assal, Djibouti. Lake Assal is at the bottom of a crater lake which lies 509 feet (155 meters) below sea level, making it the second-lowest point on earth after the Dead Sea rift zone.
- Turpan Depression, China. This trough is the Earth’s third-lowest point, reaching a depth of 505 feet (154 meters) below sea level. Located in China’s western desert region south of Mongolia, the Turpan Depression is the country’s hottest and driest area.
- Qattara Depression, Egypt. Africa is home to the largest number of places below sea level in the world, and North Africa has the most locations within the continent.
List of places on land with elevations below sea level; Meltwater pulse 1A – Period of rapid post-glacial sea level rise; Metres above the Adriatic – Vertical datum used in parts of Europe; Normal height – Altitude above quasigeoid or mean sea level; Normalhöhennull – Vertical datum used in Germany
Feb 20, 2020 · The Salton Sea (227 feet/69 meters below sea level) in Southern California, which makes the top 10 of some low spot lists that fold the Sea of Galilee into the Dead Sea, once rivaled Palm Springs ...
Oct 19, 2023 · steady, predictable flow of fluid within a larger body of that fluid. Dead Sea. noun. body of water on the border between Israel and Jordan; the lowest point within land (400 meters, or 1,312 feet, below sea level). dense. adjective. having parts or molecules that are packed closely together. depth. noun.
