List of countries by lowest point

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This is a list of countries by lowest point on land above sea level. Countries whose lowest point is exactly sea level (a substantial number) are excluded from this list.

Note that many countries have land below sea level, e.g. the Dead Sea is at 418 m below sea level, and is shared by Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank. This is the lowest point on land.

Rank Country Lowest point Altitude [m]
1  Lesotho Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1400
2  Rwanda Ruzizi River 950
3  Andorra Valira River 840
4  Burundi Lake Tanganyika 772
5  Uganda Albert Nile 621
6  Mongolia Hoh Nuur 518
7  Botswana Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513
8  Liechtenstein Rhine 430
9  Armenia Debed 400
10  Central African Republic Ubangi River 335
11  Zambia Zambezi 329
12  Tajikistan Syr Darya 300
13  Afghanistan Amu Darya 258
14=  Niger Niger River 200
14=  Burkina Faso Black Volta 200
16  Switzerland Lake Maggiore 195
17  Zimbabwe Runde and Save Rivers 162
18  Chad Bodélé Depression 160
19  Luxembourg Moselle River 133
20=  Czech Republic Elbe 115
20=  Austria Lake Neusiedl 115
22  Bhutan Drangme Chhu 97
23  Slovakia Bodrog 94
24=  Bolivia Rio Paraguay 90
24=  Belarus Neman River 90
26  Kosovo banks of White Drin at border with Albania ~80
27  Hungary Tisza (south of Szeged) 76
28=  Laos Mekong 70
28=  Nepal Kanchan Kalan 70
30  San Marino Ausa River 55
31  Macedonia Vardar 50
32  Paraguay Rio Paraguay 46
33  Malawi Shire River 37
34  Vatican City St. Peter's Square 33
35  Serbia Iron Gate (Danube) 28
36  Mali Senegal River 23
37  Swaziland Maputo River 21
38  Moldova Dniester 2
== Others[1] Coastline 0
-32  Nigeria Lagos Island -0.2
-31  Poland Żuławy Wiślane -1.8
-30  France Rhône River -2
-29  India Kuttanad -2.2
-28  Sweden Kristianstad -2.4
-27  Italy Le Contane, Jolanda di Savoia -3.2
-26  Germany Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.5
-24=  Japan Hachiro-gata -4
-24=  United Kingdom The Fens -4
-23  Mauritania Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5
-21=  Denmark Lammefjord -7
-21=  Netherlands Zuidplaspolder -7
-20  Australia Lake Eyre -15
-19  Tunisia Shatt al Gharsah -17
-16=  Azerbaijan Caspian Sea -28
-16=  Iran Caspian Sea -28
-16=  Russia Caspian Sea -28
-15  Algeria Chott Melrhir -40
-14  Dominican Republic Lago Enriquillo -46
-13  Libya Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47
-12  Morocco Sebkha paki Tah -55
-11  Turkmenistan Vpadina Akchanaya -81[2]
-10  United States Badwater -85.5
-9  Argentina Laguna del Carbón -105
-8  Ethiopia Afar Depression -125
-7  Kazakhstan Caspian Depression -132
-6  Egypt Qattara Depression -133
-5  Djibouti Lac Assal -153
-4  People's Republic of China Aydingkol Lake -154
-1=  Israel Dead Sea -418
-1=  Jordan Dead Sea -418
-1= West Bank Dead Sea -418

Notes

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  2. ^ note: Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in north eastern Turkmenistan whose water levels fluctuate widely; at its shallowest, its level is -110 m; it is presently at -60 m, 20 m above Vpadina Akchanaya

This page of ranking is based on figures from the 2007 CIA World Factbook.

See also

http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/elevation_extremes_lowest_point_2007_0.html

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