List of countries by lowest point

Main article: Table of elevation extremes by country

This is a list of countries by lowest point on land. 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 and Jordan. This is the lowest point on land.

Rank	Country	Lowest point	Altitude
1	Lesotho	Orange and Makhaleng Rivers	1400 !1,400 m (4,593 ft)
2	Rwanda	Ruzizi River	0950 !950 m (3,117 ft)
3	Andorra	Gran Valira	0840 !840 m (2,756 ft)
4	Burundi	Lake Tanganyika	0772 !772 m (2,533 ft)
5	Uganda	Albert Nile	0621 !621 m (2,037 ft)
6	Mongolia	Hoh Nuur	0518 !518 m (1,699 ft)
7	Botswana	Limpopo and Shashe Rivers	0513 !513 m (1,683 ft)
8	Liechtenstein	Rhine	0430 !430 m (1,411 ft)
9=	Armenia	Debed	0400 !400 m (1,312 ft)
9=	South Sudan	White Nile	0400 !400 m (1,312 ft)
11	Central African Republic	Ubangi River	0335 !335 m (1,099 ft)
12	Zambia	Zambezi	0329 !329 m (1,079 ft)
13	Tajikistan	Syr Darya	0300 !300 m (984 ft)
14	Afghanistan	Amu Darya	0258 !258 m (846 ft)
15=	Niger	Niger River	0200 !200 m (656 ft)
15=	Burkina Faso	Black Volta	0200 !200 m (656 ft)
17	Switzerland	Lake Maggiore	0195 !195 m (640 ft)
18	Zimbabwe	Runde and Save Rivers	0162 !162 m (531 ft)
19	Chad	Bodélé Depression	0160 !160 m (525 ft)
20	Luxembourg	Moselle River	0133 !133 m (436 ft)
21	Kyrgyzstan	Kara-Daryya	0132 !132 m (433 ft)
22=	Czech Republic	The banks of the river Elbe near Hřensko (on the border with Germany)	0115 !115 m (377 ft)
22=	Austria	Lake Neusiedl	0115 !115 m (377 ft)
24	Bhutan	Drangme Chhu	0097 !97 m (318 ft)
25	Slovakia	Bodrog	0094 !94 m (308 ft)
26=	Bolivia	Rio Paraguay	0090 !90 m (295 ft)
26=	Belarus	Neman River	0090 !90 m (295 ft)
28	Kosovo	banks of White Drin at border with Albania	0080 !80 m (262 ft)
29	Hungary	Tisza (south of Szeged)	0076 !76 m (249 ft)
30=	Laos	Mekong	0070 !70 m (230 ft)
30=	Nepal	Kanchan Kalan	0070 !70 m (230 ft)
32	San Marino	Ausa River	0055 !55 m (180 ft)
33	Republic of Macedonia	Vardar	0050 !50 m (164 ft)
34	Paraguay	Rio Paraguay	0046 !46 m (151 ft)
35	Malawi	Shire River	0037 !37 m (121 ft)
36	Vatican City	St. Peter's Square	0033 !33 m (108 ft)
37	Serbia	Iron Gate (Danube)	0028 !28 m (92 ft)
38	Mali	Senegal River	0023 !23 m (75 ft)
39	Swaziland	Maputo River	0021 !21 m (69 ft)
40	Moldova	Dniester	0002 !2 m (7 ft)
==	Others	Coastline	0
-39	Nigeria	Lagos Island	-0000.2 !−0.2 m (−0.7 ft)
-38	Philippines	Habay, Bacoor	-0000.5 !−0.5 m (−1.6 ft)
-37	Lithuania	Nemunas delta	-0001.3 !−1.3 m (−4.3 ft)
-36	Poland	Żuławy Wiślane	-0001.8 !−1.8 m (−5.9 ft)
-34=	France	Camargue	-0002 !−2 m (−6.6 ft)
-34=	New Zealand	Kirks Drain Road, agricultural land north of Dunedin International Airport on Taieri Plain	-0002 !−2 m (−6.6 ft)
-33	India	Kuttanad	-0002.2 !−2.2 m (−7.2 ft)
-32	Sweden	Kristianstad	-0002.4 !−2.4 m (−7.9 ft)
-31	Italy	Le Contane, Jolanda di Savoia	-0003.2 !−3.2 m (−10.5 ft)
-30	Germany	Neuendorf bei Wilster	-0003.5 !−3.5 m (−11.5 ft)
-28=	Japan	Hachiro-gata	-0004 !−4 m (−13 ft)
-28=	United Kingdom	The Fens	-0004 !−4 m (−13 ft)
-26=	Mauritania	Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha	-0005 !−5 m (−16 ft)
-26=	Ukraine	Kuyalnik Estuary	-0005 !−5 m (−16 ft)
-24=	Denmark	Lammefjord	-0007 !−7 m (−23 ft)
-24=	Netherlands	Zuidplaspolder	-0007 !−7 m (−23 ft)
-23	Mexico	Laguna Salada	-0010 !−10 m (−33 ft)
-22	Uzbekistan	Sariqarnish Kuli	-0012 !−12 m (−39 ft)
-21	Australia	Lake Eyre	-0015 !−15 m (−49 ft)
-20	Tunisia	Shatt al Gharsah	-0017 !−17 m (−56 ft)
-17=	Azerbaijan	Caspian Sea	-0028 !−28 m (−92 ft)
-17=	Iran	Caspian Sea	-0028 !−28 m (−92 ft)
-17=	Russia	Caspian Sea	-0028 !−28 m (−92 ft)
-16	Algeria	Chott Melrhir	-0040 !−40 m (−131 ft)
-15	Dominican Republic	Lago Enriquillo	-0046 !−46 m (−151 ft)
-14	Libya	Sabkhat Ghuzayyil	-0047 !−47 m (−154 ft)
-13	Morocco	Sebkha paki Tah	-0055 !−55 m (−180 ft)
-12	Eritrea	Afar Depression near Lake Kulul	-0075 !−75 m (−246 ft)
-11	Turkmenistan	Vpadina Akchanaya	-0081 !−81 m (−266 ft)
-10	United States	Badwater Basin	-0085.5 !−85.5 m (−280.5 ft)
-9	Argentina	Laguna del Carbón	-0105 !−105 m (−344 ft)
-8	Ethiopia	Afar Depression	-0125 !−125 m (−410 ft)
-7	Kazakhstan	Karagiye	-0132 !−132 m (−433 ft)
-6	Egypt	Qattara Depression	-0133 !−133 m (−436 ft)
-5	People's Republic of China	Aydingkol Lake	-0154 !−154 m (−505 ft)
-4	Djibouti	Lac Assal	-0155 !−155 m (−509 ft)
-3	Syria	Northeast shores of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights, from Syrian point of view. See Israeli-occupied territories	-0214 !−214 m (−702 ft)
-1=	Israel	Dead Sea	-0418 !−418 m (−1,371 ft)
-1=	Jordan	Dead Sea	-0418 !−418 m (−1,371 ft)

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See also

• Table of elevation extremes by country
  • List of countries by highest point
• List of places on land with elevations below sea level

References

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

External links

• Lowest Points