The surface of the earth is mainly located at sea level or below sea level, because X% of our planet is covered with water. It is interesting to note that today, many areas of the earth are submerged by 71 several years ago, during the great ice age, above the water level. It was because the sea level was then below 18,000. These are caused by depressions below the sea, including those that originate from tectonic plates whose centers open or deform, while some are volcanic. Some of our larger desert areas are particularly prone to being lower, where water evaporation was once the greatest.
Most of the depressions listed below have depths that change constantly with changing rainfall patterns, water evaporation, human water consumption, flooding and river flows and neighboring streams. Depressions with lakes or rivers can sometimes disappear or reappear, depending on seasonal variations in the supply of water from natural sources. There are others among the lowest on earth which are both below sea level and covered with ice. The points which do not appear in this list are the points located on the ocean floor or in the caves, because we have only listed the exposed grounds. Even some of the largest cities in the world are found below sea level, including Bangkok, Amsterdam and New Orleans. These, however, cannot be compared in terms of the depth at which the lands listed below can claim to reach.
10. Salton Sea, USA, feet -227
The tenth place belongs to the Salton depression, located between the United States and Mexico. It is located 69, a few meters below sea level, just two meters from the lowest point in the United States, the Death Valley, not so far away.
9. Vpadina Akchanaya, Turkmenistan, feet -266
Ninth place belongs to the Akchanaya depression. This is located in Turkmenistan, and is 81 meters below sea level. Its location is in the Karakum Desert, one of the driest areas in the country.
8. Death Valley, USA, feet -282
Eighth is Death Valley, which is located in one of the warmest deserts in the United States. It’s 86 meters below sea level. Sometimes heavy rains cause flash floods, which in turn cause a lake to form at the bottom of the desert valley.
7. Laguna del Carbon, Argentina, feet -344
Seventh place goes to the Argentinian nation, which is home to the Great San Julian Depression. It is located 105 meters below sea level and located in the Laguna del Carbon. The latter includes salt marshes and is also known as the lowest of the southern and western hemispheres.
6. Denakil, Ethiopia, feet -410
Our sixth place goes to the Denakil depression, located in Ethiopia. It is in the Indian, Arab and African Afar Depression, caused by the movements of the three tectonic plates. It is 125 meters below sea level.
5. Vpadina Karagiye, Kazakhstan, feet -433
Fifth place goes to the depression of Vpadina Karagiye. Its location is in the southwestern part of Kazakhstan. It is 132 meters below sea level, located in a landlocked country that was a former satellite of the Soviet Union.
4. Qattara Depression, Egypt, feet -435
Fourth place goes to the Qattara depression in Egypt. It is located 133 meters below sea level and located in the Libyan desert of Egypt. The region has some nomadic tribes who use it as a breeding ground.
3. Turpan Pendi, China, feet -505
The third row is a unique place in China, namely the Turpan Pendi. Located in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in western China, this depression is 154 meters below sea level. This is considered to be the driest and warmest place in China.
2. Lake Assal, Djibouti, feet -509
Our second site belongs to Lake Assal in Djibouti, which is also the saltiest lake on the planet. Located in the Afar depression and 155 meters below sea level, the lake has some of the driest and warmest weather on earth. Assal straddles the Indian, Arab and African tectonic plates.
1. Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan, feet -1360
The title of the lowest place in the world goes to the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is located in a depression straddling three countries, namely Jordan, Israel and Syria, which also includes the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee. It is also part of communities in several countries and some of their most important cultivated agricultural land. Although the rain and evaporation are constantly changing levels, some of its banks are still 413 meters below the water level.
