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This is a list of places on land below mean sea level.
Places artificially created such as tunnels, mines, basements, and dug holes, or places under water, 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 mean sea level (as locally defined), arranged by depth, lowest first:
Africa
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!#|| Name || Country || Depth || Notes / references
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| 1 || Lake Assal || Djibouti || || in Afar Depression: lowest land in Africa
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| 2 || Qattara Depression || Egypt || ||
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| 3 || Danakil Depression || Ethiopia || || in Afar Depression
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| 4 || Sebkha Tah || Morocco || || in the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region
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| 5 || Sabkhat Ghuzayyil || Libya || ||
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| 6 || Lake Moeris || Egypt || ||
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| 7 || Chott Melrhir || Algeria || ||
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| 8 || Shatt al Gharsah || Tunisia || ||
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| 9 || Sebkha de Ndrhamcha|| Mauritania || ||
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Antarctica
{| Class="wikitable sortable"
!#|| Name || Country || Depth || Notes / references
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| 1 || canyon under Denman Glacier|| || data-sort-value="-3,500" | bedrock is at || This is the lowest natural point on land.
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| 2 ||Byrd Glacier|| || data-sort-value="-2780" | ||
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| 3 || Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills|| || data-sort-value="−50" | ||
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Asia
{| Class="wikitable sortable"
!#|| Name || Country || Depth || Notes / references
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| 1 || Dead Sea ||Israel - Jordan – West Bank <!-- DO NOT change to Palestine without seeking new consensus on talk page.--> || || lowest land in Asia and the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
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| 2 || Allenby Bridge || Jordan – West Bank || || lowest fixed water crossing in the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
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| 3 || Neot HaKikar || Israel || || Israeli town just south of the Dead Sea. in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
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| 4 || Jericho || West Bank || || lowest city in the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
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| 5 || Sea of Galilee || Israel || || Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
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| 6 || Tiberias || Israel || || Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
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| 7 || Turfan Depression || China || ||
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| 8 || Karagiye, Caspian Depression || Kazakhstan || || Caspian Basin
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| 9 || Bet She'an || Israel || || (between Tiberias and Jericho) in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
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| 10 || Caspian Sea and its shores || Russia – Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan – Iran – Turkmenistan || || Caspian Basin
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| 11 || Hachirōgata || Japan || ||
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| 12 || Kuttanad || India || ||
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Europe
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!#|| Name || Country || Depth || Notes / references
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| 1= || Caspian Sea and its shores || Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan || || Caspian Depression
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| 1= || Baku || Azerbaijan || || lowest lying national capital in the world, Caspian Depression
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| 3 || Atyrau Airport || Kazakhstan || || lowest international airport, Caspian Depression
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| 4= || Lammefjord || Denmark || ||
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| 4= || Zuidplaspolder || Netherlands || || Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
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| 6= || Haarlemmermeer || Netherlands || || Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
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| 6= || Kuialnyk Estuary || Ukraine || || Odesa oblast
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| 8= || Amsterdam Schiphol Airport || Netherlands || || Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
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| 8= || Wieringermeer || Netherlands || || Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
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| 8= || Flevoland || Netherlands || || Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
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| 8= || Neuendorf-Sachsenbande || Germany || ||
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| 12 || Le Contane, Jolanda di Savoia || Italy || ||
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| 13= || parts of West Flanders || Belgium || ||
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| 13= || North Slob, County Wexford || Ireland || ||
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| 15 || The Fens || United Kingdom || ||
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| 16= || Étang de Lavalduc || France || ||
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| 16= || Amsterdam || Netherlands || || Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)
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| 16= || Kristianstad || Sweden || ||
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| 16= || Żuławy Wiślane || Poland || || Baltic delta of the Vistula River
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North America
thumb|Sea level sign (2/3 of the way up the cliff face) above [[Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, USA]]
{| Class="wikitable sortable"
!#|| Name || Country || Depth || Notes / references
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| 1 || Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California || United States || || lowest point in North America
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| 2 || Bombay Beach, California || United States || || Salton Sink
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| 3 || Salton Sea Beach, California || United States || || Salton Sink
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| 4 || Desert Shores, California || United States || || Salton Sink
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| 5 || Calipatria, California || United States || || Salton Sink
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| 6 || Westmorland, California || United States || || Salton Sink
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| 7 || Lake Enriquillo || Dominican Republic || || lowest place on an island country.
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| 8 || Niland, California || United States || || Salton Sink
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| 9 || Salton City, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 10= || Brawley, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 10= || Thermal, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 12 || Coachella, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 13 || Imperial, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 14 || Seeley, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 15 || El Centro, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 16 || Laguna Salada, Baja California || Mexico || ||
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| 17 || Indio, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 18 || Heber, California || United States || || Salton Sink,
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|Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
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| 20 || Holtville, California|| United States || || Salton Sink,
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| 21 || New Orleans, Louisiana || United States || ||
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Oceania
{| Class="wikitable sortable"
!#|| Name || Country || Depth || Notes / references
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| 1 || Lake Eyre || Australia || || lowest land in Australia
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| 2 || Lake Frome || Australia || ||
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| 3 || Taieri Plain || New Zealand || || lowest land in New Zealand
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| 4 || Lake Macleod || Australia || || Western Australia
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South America
{| Class="wikitable sortable"
!#|| Name || Country || Depth || Notes / references
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| 1 || Laguna del Carbón || Argentina || || lowest land in the Americas
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| 2 || Laguna del Puesto, Santa Cruz province, Argentina || Argentina || ||
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| 3 || Bajo del Gualicho, Río Negro province || Argentina || ||
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| 4 || Salina Grande and Salina Chica, Valdés Peninsula, Chubut Province || Argentina || ||
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| 5 || Sechura Depression, Sechura Desert, Piura Region || Peru || ||
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| 6 || Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia || Venezuela || ||
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| 7 || Georgetown, Guyana || Guyana || ||
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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 . It is subglacial, covered permanently by the largest glacier 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 during the geological past, as measured by continuous volume of atmospheric air below sea level, was the dry bed of the Mediterranean Sea of 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