The following is a list of places on land located below mean sea level. (Note: on land, not in tunnels or mines). For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ...

(all figures are in meters below sea level)

• Dead Sea, Israel - Jordan - West Bank (418 m)
• Sea of Galilee, Israel (208 m)
• Jordan valley, Israel - Jordan - West Bank
  • Bet She'an, Israel (120 m)
• Lac Assal, Djibouti (155 m)
• Turpan Pendi, China (154 m)
• Qattara Depression, Egypt (133 m)
• Caspian Depression, Karagiye, Kazakhstan (132 m)
• Afar Depression, Ethiopia (125 m)
• Laguna del Carbón, Argentina (105 m)
• Badwater, Death Valley, USA (85.5 m)
• Furnace Creek Airport (L06), Death Valley, USA (64 m)
• Salton Sea, USA (66 m) and the Salton Sink:
  • El Centro, California, USA (12 m)
  • Indio, California, USA (6 m)
  • Calipatria, California, USA (56 m)
  • Coachella, California, USA (22 m)
  • Brawley, California, USA (37 m)
  • Holtville, California, USA (3 m)
  • Imperial, California, USA (18 m)
  • Westmorland, California, USA (48 m)
  • Bombay Beach, California, USA (69 m)
  • Desert Shores, California, USA (61 m)
  • Heber, California, USA (5 m)
  • Niland, California, USA (43 m)
  • Salton City, California, USA (38 m)
  • Salton Sea Beach, California, USA (67 m)
  • Seeley, California, USA (13 m)
• Sebkha paki Tah, Morocco (55 m)
• Sabkhat Ghuzayyil, Libya (47 m)
• Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic (46 m)
• Salina Grande and Salina Chica, Chubut Province, Argentina (42 m)
• Chott Melrhir, Algeria (40 m)
• Caspian Sea and its shores, Russia - Kazakhstan - Azerbaijan - Iran - Turkmenistan (28 m)
  • Caspian Depression, Russia - Kazakhstan
• Shatt al Gharsah, Tunisia (17 m)
• Lake Eyre, Australia (15 m)
• Laguna Salada, Dominican Republic (10 m)
• Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands (7 m)
• Lammefjord, Denmark (7 m)
• Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha, Mauritania (5 m)
• Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands (4 m)
• Hachiro-gata, Japan (4 m)
• Neuendorf bei Wilster, Germany (3.5 m)
• Kristianstad, Sweden (2.41 m)
• New Orleans, USA (2.4 m)
• Kuttanad, Kerala, India (2.2 m)
• Rhone River delta, France (2 m)
• unnamed location in Suriname (2 m)
• Żuławy Wiślane, Poland (1.8 m)
• Valli di Comacchio, Italy (0.6 m)
• Lagos Island, Nigeria (0.2 m)

Deeper and larger than any of the trenches in the list above is the Bentley Subglacial Trench (2,540 m) in Antarctica. It is subglacial, meaning that it is permanently covered by the largest ice cap in the world. If the ice melted it would be covered by sea. The Dead Sea (Hebrew: , translated as Sea of Salt); (Arabic: ) is a salt lake between the West Bank and Israel to the west, and Jordan to the east. ... The Sea of Galilee is Israels largest freshwater lake. ... Northern part of the Great Rift Valley as seen from space (NASA) The Jordan River The Jordan River (Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: نهر الأردن nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. ... Map of the Decapolis showing the location of Bet Shean (here called by its Greek name, Scythopolis) Bet Shean (Hebrew בית שאן unofficially also spelled Beit Shean, Beth Shean; Arabic بيسان Baysān) is a city in the North District in Israel. ... Lake Assal is a crater lake in central Djibouti. ... The Turfan Depression (吐魯番盆地, Turpan Pendi) is located in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in far western China. ... The Qattara Depression (local: Munkhafad al-Qattarah) is a desert basin within the Libyan Desert of north-western Egypt. ... Caspian Depression and north Caspian Sea from space The Caspian Depression is a low-lying flatland region that lies at the northern end of the Caspian Sea. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Laguna del Carbón (Spanish for Coals lagoon) is a 105 metres (315 ft) below sea level depression located at coordinates in the Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. ... Badwater Basin elevation sign Badwater is a site in Californias Death Valley noted as the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, with an elevation of 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. ... Death Valley National Park is a mostly arid United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in southern Inyo County and northern San Bernardino County in California with a small extension into southwestern Nye County and extreme southern Esmeralda County in Nevada. ... Furnace Creek Airport (FAA LID: L06) is a public airport located 3/4 mile (1 km) west of Furnace Creek, Death Valley, serving Inyo County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers 40 acres and has one runway. ... Death Valley is a valley in the U.S. state of California, and is the location of the lowest elevation in North America at -282 ft (86 m). ... The Salton Sea is an inland saline lake, located in the Colorado Desert in Southern California, north of the Imperial Valley. ... The Salton Sink is located in Southeastern California near the Arizona border. ... El Centro is the county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. ... The Indio Fashion Mall. ... Calipatria Post Office Calipatria is a city in Imperial County, California, United States. ... Coordinates: County Riverside Government  - Mayor Eduardo Garcia Area  - City 83 km²  (32 sq mi) Elevation 20. ... Brawley is a city located in Imperial County, California. ... Holtville is a city located in Imperial County, California. ... Imperial is a city in Imperial County, California. ... Westmorland is a city located in Imperial County, California. ... Bombay Beach sign along Highway 111 Bombay Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States. ... Desert Shores is a census-designated place located in Imperial County, California. ... Heber is a census-designated place located in Imperial County, California. ... Niland is a census-designated place located in Imperial County, California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Salton Sea Beach is a census-designated place located in Imperial County, California. ... Seeley is a census-designated place located in Imperial County, California. ... Lake Enriquillo from space, September 1993 Lake Enriquillo (located at 18°30′ N 71°35′ W) is the only saltwater lake in the world inhabited by crocodiles. ... Chubut is a province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the 42nd Parallel South (forming the border with the Río Negro Province) and 46th Parallel South (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean. ... Chott Melrhir as seen from space. ... The Caspian Sea (Russian: Каспийское море; Kazakh: Каспий теңізі; Turkmen: Hazar deňizi; Azeri: XÉ™zÉ™r dÉ™nizi; Persian: دریای خزر Daryā-ye Khazar) is the largest lake on Earth by area[2], with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers (143,244 sq mi) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers (18... Caspian Depression and north Caspian Sea from space The Caspian Depression is a low-lying flatland region that lies at the northern end of the Caspian Sea. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Schiphol (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM) (municipality Haarlemmermeer) is the Netherlands main airport. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Kristianstad is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Kuttanadu in Kerala, India is the lowest region of India, with 500 square kilometres of the region below sea level. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... Length 800 km Elevation of the source 1753 m Average discharge 1800 m³/ s Area watershed 100,200 km² Origin Rhône glacier Mouth Mediterranean Sea Basin countries Switzerland, France The River Rhône ( Latin Rhodanus, French Rhône, Occitan Rose, German Rotten) is one of the major rivers (ca. ... Lagos Island is the principal island of the city of Lagos in Nigeria. ... The Bentley Subglacial Trench is a vast trench in Antarctica, 80°S, 115°W. At 2,555 meters (8,383 ft) below sea level, it is the lowest point on the surface of the earth not covered by ocean, although it is covered by ice. ...

See also

• Extreme points of the world
• List of deepest ocean trenches
• Category:Depressions