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 408 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	Serbia	Iron Gate (Danube)	28
35	Mali	Senegal River	23
36	Swaziland	Maputo River	21
37	Vatican City	Tiber	19
38	Moldova	Dniester	2
==	Others[1]	Coastline	0
-32	Nigeria	Lagos Island	-0.2
-31	Italy	Valli di Comacchio	-0.6
-30	Poland	Żuławy Wiślane	-1.8
-29	France	Rhône River	-2
-28	India	Kuttanad	-2.2
-27	Sweden	Kristianstad	-2.4
-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

[edit] Notes

1. ^
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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.

[edit] See also

• List of places on land with elevations below sea level

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

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