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lowest lying national capital in the world, Caspian Depression: 3: Atyrau Airport: Kazakhstan: −22 m (−72 ft) lowest international airport, Caspian Depression: 4= Lammefjord: Denmark: −7 m (−23 ft) 4= Zuidplaspolder: Netherlands: −7 m (−23 ft) Netherlands coastal provinces (−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft) 6= Haarlemmermeer ...
Highest point Maximum elevation Lowest point Minimum elevation Elevation span Arctic: Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Greenland: 3700 m 12,139 ft Arctic Ocean: sea level 3700 m 12,139 ft North Temperate Zone: Mount Everest, [1] China and Nepal: 8848 m 29,029 ft Dead Sea, [2] Israel, Jordan, and Palestine: −428 m −1,404 ft: 9,276 m 30,433 ft North ...
The lowest point on land not covered by liquid water is the canyon under Denman Glacier in Antarctica, with the bedrock being 3,500 m (11,500 ft) below sea level. [33] [34] The shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The lowest point on dry land is the shore of the Dead Sea, shared by Israel, Palestine and Jordan, 432.65 m (1,419 ft) below sea level ...
This is a list of lists of places considered the most extreme by virtue of meeting some superlative geographical or physical criterion – e.g. farthest, highest, lowest, greatest, or least. Earth [ edit ]
Lowest points of the World Ocean (11 P) Lowest points of U.S. states (9 P) Pages in category "Lowest points" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The increase of air temperature at stratospheric altitudes results from the ozone layer's absorption and retention of the ultraviolet (UV) radiation that Earth receives from the Sun. [7] The coldest layer of the atmosphere, where the temperature lapse rate changes from a positive rate (in the troposphere) to a negative rate (in the stratosphere ...
Systematically observing the sunrise, people discovered that it occurs between two extreme locations at the horizon and eventually noted the midpoint between the two. Later it was realized that this happens on a day when the duration of the day and the night are practically equal and the word "equinox" comes from Latin aequus, meaning "equal", and nox, meaning "night".
Although the Sun appears to "rise" from the horizon, it is actually the Earth's motion that causes the Sun to appear. The illusion of a moving Sun results from Earth observers being in a rotating reference frame; this apparent motion caused many cultures to have mythologies and religions built around the geocentric model, which prevailed until astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus formulated his ...