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. Some land in Antarctica is 2,538 m below sea level, but is covered by 2,100m deep ice cap.
1 Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan –400, below sea level
2 Lake Assa, Djibouti –156 m below sea level
3 Turfan Depression, China –154 m below sea level
4 Qattara Depression, Egypyt –133 m below sea level
5 Mangyshlak Penninsula, Kazakhastan –132 m below sea level
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