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Name Country Depth Notes / references 1: Dead Sea: Jordan – West Bank – Israel: −430 m (−1,411 ft) lowest land in Asia and the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank –
The lowest (from surface) artificially made point with open sky may be the Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine, Utah, United States, at a depth of 1,200 m (3,900 ft) below surface level. The lowest point underwater is the 10,685 m (35,056 ft)-deep (as measured from the subsea wellhead ) oil and gas well drilled on the Tiber Oil Field in the ...
Land surface elevation extremes by country; Country or region Highest point Maximum elevation Lowest point Minimum elevation Elevation span Afghanistan: Noshaq: 7492 m 24,580 ft Amu Darya: 258 m 846 ft 7234 m 23,734 ft Albania: Korab: 2764 m 9,068 ft Adriatic Sea: sea level 2764 m 9,068 ft Algeria: Mount Tahat: 2908 m 9,541 ft Chott Melrhir ...
On March 8, 2013, the British Antarctic Survey reported on the creation of Bedmap2, the most detailed map of Antarctica's landmass to date. It showed for the first time the true depth of Byrd Subglacial Basin: 2,870 meters below sea level. This makes Byrd Subglacial Basin the lowest point on any of the Earth's continental plates. [1]
Average depth: 188.4 m ... making its shores the lowest land-based elevation on Earth. It is 304 m (997 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world.
The lowest rainfall of 23 mm (0.91 in) was recorded in 1996. [5] Water temperature of the lake is reported to reach 33–34 °C (91–93 °F). [7] However, when the wind velocity and evaporation are low, the temperature recorded was found to be 20 °C (68 °F) for surface water and above 25 °C (77 °F) at shallow depths of the lake.
On 6 June 1979, the world depth record then held by the Bertha Rogers hole in Washita County, Oklahoma, ... Antarctica, covers the lowest point on land;
Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in North America and the United States, with a depth of 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. [1] [2] Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, is only 84.6 miles (136 km) to the northwest. [3]