LOWEST PLACES

Compiled by Chilman Sahni

Sea level is the average height of the sea at a point midway between high and low tides. The shore of the Dead Sea is the lowest exposed ground below sea level, but the sea bed is lower still – 728m below the sea level. The deepest point of Lake Baikal in Russia is 1,714m. Some land in Antarctica is 2,538m below sea level, but is covered by a 2,100m-deep ice cap.

       
      DEPRESSION                               LOCATION                    MAXIMUM DEPTH BELOW SEA LEVEL (m)

1. Dead Sea                                Israel/Jordan                                  400
2. Lake Assa                               Djibouti                                            156
3. Turfan Depression               China                                                154
4. Qattâra Depression             Egypt                                                133                      
5. Mangyshlak Peninsula        Kazakhstan                                      132

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