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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.
These island countries also have the smallest range between their lowest (sea level) and highest points, and are very sensitive to changes in sea level. The highest and lowest points in China constitute the greatest elevation range within any single country at 9,002 metres (29,534 ft).
sea level 965 m 3,166 ft ⦁ Polynesia: Mauna Kea, Hawaii, United States 4207 m 13,802 ft Taieri Plains, South Island, New Zealand −2 m −7 ft: 4209 m 13,809 ft ⦁ Antarctica: Mount Vinson, [4] Antarctica: 4892 m 16,050 ft Southern Ocean: sea level 4892 m 16,050 ft Earth: Mount Everest [1] 8848 m 29,029 ft Dead Sea [2] −428 m −1,404 ft
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
The lowest international airport is Atyrau Airport, near Atyrau, Kazakhstan, at 22 m (72 ft) below sea level, in the basin of the Caspian Sea. The lowest major city is Baku, Azerbaijan, located 28 m (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest-lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level.
Lowest points of countries (75 P) L. Lowest points of the World Ocean (11 P) ... List of places on land with elevations below sea level; B. Badwater Crater; C ...
It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea, a salt lake), [3] with its elevation fluctuating between 215 and 209 metres (705 and 686 ft) below sea level (depending on rainfall). [4] It is approximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, about 21 km (13 mi) long, and 13 km (8.1 mi) wide.
The Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) refers to low-lying coastal areas with an elevation below a certain threshold, commonly 10 meters, above mean sea level.Globally, there is a substantial and growing population living in the Low Elevation Coastal Zone, which consists of approximately 2% of the world's land area and around 11% of the global population.