Lowest Dry Land Points on Earth

About This Dataset

This chart ranks the lowest exposed dry-land locations on Earth by how far their surface lies below sea level, in metres. The shore of the Dead Sea is by far the lowest point of land on the planet.

✨ AI Insight

The Dead Sea shore, at 430 metres below sea level, is the lowest exposed land on Earth by a huge margin, almost three times deeper than any other point on this list. Shared by Israel, Jordan and the West Bank, it is also one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world. The remaining depressions cluster far higher, between 28 and 154 metres below sea level, and are spread across arid regions: the Turfan Depression in China (154 m), Djibouti's Lake Assal (153 m) and Egypt's Qattara Depression (133 m). North America's lowest point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley (86 m), and South America's Laguna del Carbon (105 m) show that every inhabited continent has its own sub-sea-level basin. These depressions typically form in hot, dry rift valleys where evaporation outpaces any water inflow.

Source: List of places on land with elevations below sea level

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Dead Sea Shore leads with 430 in All Time.

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Average value in All Time: 152 · median: 129.

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Gap in All Time: Dead Sea Shore is 15.4× larger than Caspian Sea Shore.