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 # Name Country Depth Notes / references 1 Lake Assal Djibouti in Afar Depression: lowest land in Africa 2 Qattara Depression Egypt 3 Danakil Depression Ethiopia in Afar Depression 4 Sebkha Tah Morocco in the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region 5 Sabkhat Ghuzayyil Libya 6 Lake Moeris Egypt 7 Chott Melrhir Algeria 8 Shatt al Gharsah Tunisia 9 Sebkha de Ndrhamcha Mauritania

Antarctica # Name Country Depth Notes / references 1 canyon under Denman Glacier bedrock is at This is the lowest natural point on land. 2 Byrd Glacier 3 Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills

Asia # Name Country Depth Notes / references 1 Dead Sea Israel - Jordan – West Bank lowest land in Asia and the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan 2 Allenby Bridge Jordan – West Bank lowest fixed water crossing in the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan 3 Neot HaKikar Israel Israeli town just south of the Dead Sea. in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan 4 Jericho West Bank lowest city in the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan 5 Sea of Galilee Israel Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan 6 Tiberias Israel Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan 7 Turfan Depression China 8 Karagiye, Caspian Depression Kazakhstan Caspian Basin 9 Bet She'an Israel (between Tiberias and Jericho) in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan 10 Caspian Sea and its shores Russia – Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan – Iran – Turkmenistan Caspian Basin 11 Hachirōgata Japan 12 Kuttanad India

Europe

# Name Country Depth Notes / references 1= Caspian Sea and its shores Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan Caspian Depression 1= Baku Azerbaijan lowest lying national capital in the world, Caspian Depression 3 Atyrau Airport Kazakhstan lowest international airport, Caspian Depression 4= Lammefjord Denmark 4= Zuidplaspolder Netherlands Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft) 6= Haarlemmermeer Netherlands Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft) 6= Kuialnyk Estuary Ukraine Odesa oblast 8= Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Netherlands Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft) 8= Wieringermeer Netherlands Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft) 8= Flevoland Netherlands Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft) 8= Neuendorf-Sachsenbande Germany 12 Le Contane, Jolanda di Savoia Italy 13= parts of West Flanders Belgium 13= North Slob, County Wexford Ireland 15 The Fens United Kingdom 16= Étang de Lavalduc France 16= Amsterdam Netherlands Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft) 16= Kristianstad Sweden 16= Żuławy Wiślane Poland Baltic delta of the Vistula River

North America

# Name Country Depth Notes / references 1 Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California United States lowest point in North America 2 Bombay Beach, California United States Salton Sink 3 Salton Sea Beach, California United States Salton Sink 4 Desert Shores, California United States Salton Sink 5 Calipatria, California United States Salton Sink 6 Westmorland, California United States Salton Sink 7 Lake Enriquillo Dominican Republic lowest place on an island country. 8 Niland, California United States Salton Sink 9 Salton City, California United States Salton Sink, 10= Brawley, California United States Salton Sink, 10= Thermal, California United States Salton Sink, 12 Coachella, California United States Salton Sink, 13 Imperial, California United States Salton Sink, 14 Seeley, California United States Salton Sink, 15 El Centro, California United States Salton Sink, 16 Laguna Salada, Baja California Mexico 17 Indio, California United States Salton Sink, 18 Heber, California United States Salton Sink, 19Brannan IslandUnited StatesSacramento–San Joaquin River Delta 20 Holtville, California United States Salton Sink, 21 New Orleans, Louisiana United States 22Nunavakanuk Lake, AlaskaUnited States

Oceania

# Name Country Depth Notes / references 1 Lake Eyre Australia lowest land in Australia 2 Lake Frome Australia 3 Taieri Plain New Zealand lowest land in New Zealand 4 Lake Macleod Australia Western Australia

South America # Name Country Depth Notes / references 1 Laguna del Carbón Argentina lowest land in the Americas 2 Laguna del Puesto, Santa Cruz province, Argentina Argentina 3 Bajo del Gualicho, Río Negro province Argentina 4 Salina Grande and Salina Chica, Valdés Peninsula, Chubut Province Argentina 5 Sechura Depression, Sechura Desert, Piura Region Peru 6 Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia Venezuela 7 Georgetown, Guyana Guyana

Historic and ice-covered areas

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

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