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We invite you to look at the world from the lowest points of the Earth - and there are such places on every continent, they are located much below sea level. In this collection I will tell you about seven such places.

There are many places on the planet where you are standing on dry land, while the level of the world's oceans suggests that you are actually submerged under water. Let's start with the Dead Sea in Asia. It is also called the Salt Sea and is located between Palestine, Israel and Jordan. Its shores and surface are located at 422 meters below sea level. This is the lowest landmass on Earth

Next comes Lake Assal in Africa, it is located in Djibouti, Ethiopia. The lake lies 155 meters below sea level in the Afar Lowland. This is the lowest landmass in Africa and the second on Earth after the Dead Sea. The water here is one of the saltiest in the world - 34.8% salt concentration, which is higher than the concentration in the Dead Sea and ten times the salinity level in the ocean

There is a place in Antarctica called the Vestfold Hills, which is located 50 meters below sea level. For your information, the deepest place on Earth not covered by liquid water is the Bentley Deep in Antarctica with a depth of 2555 meters below sea level. The depression is covered with a huge layer of ice. The deepest place on Earth covered with liquid water is the Mariana Trench.


There are similar places in North America. Death Valley is a desert located in the southwestern United States. Located within the Mojave Desert, the intermontane trench is the lowest, driest, and hottest place in the Americas. The site called Badwater in Death Valley is the lowest place in the United States, 86 meters below sea level. Surprisingly, this point is only 76 miles east of Mount Whitney, the highest point at 4,422 meters. Death Valley is also considered to be home to some of the hottest temperatures on Earth, with Furnace Creek reaching 56.7°C on July 13, 1913. Only higher is the world record of 58°, recorded in Libya on September 13, 1922

In South America there is Laguna Del Carbon with a depth of 105 meters below sea level. Laguna del Carbon (Coal Lagoon) is a salt lake located in Argentina. It is the lowest point in the Western and Southern Hemispheres and the seventh lowest point on Earth. Pay attention to the quality of the road surface in the Argentine desert...


The lowest point in Europe is the Caspian Sea. Its basin area is 371,000 km2, which is about 10 percent of the world's closed water basin area. The ancient inhabitants considered the Caspian Sea an ocean, probably due to its salinity and apparent immensity. The sea is a closed lake, and the water in it is salty, with an average salinity of 1.2%. This is the lowest place in Europe with a depth of 28 meters below the level

We visited each of the continents, only Australia remained. There is such a place here too - Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia at a depth of 15 meters below sea level in the very center of the huge Eyre Basin, Australia's largest lake


It is difficult to determine from photographs, but almost everywhere the ocean was at least 20 meters higher than the point where the photographer stood... Isn’t it amazing that such places exist on Earth?

The lowest landmass on Earth

When we talk about the highest places on the planet, we clearly imagine the peaks of the largest mountain ranges, reaching a height of more than 8 kilometers above sea level. But not everything is so obvious when it comes to the lowest places on Earth. What are they and how high are they located? However, many people know that these particular areas of land are located so low that even the sea level will rise above them. And only the unique geographical location and geological characteristics allow these places not to be absorbed by the waters of the world's oceans. Let's take a look at some of them, the lowest on their continent.

View of the Dead Sea from space

Let's start with Dead Sea V Asia. It is also called the Salt Sea. It is located between Palestine, Israel and Jordan. Its shores and surface are 422 meters below sea level. This is the lowest landmass on Earth.

View of the Dead Sea from the Israeli shore towards Jordan

Followed by Lake Assal V Africa, it is located in Djibouti, Ethiopia. The lake lies 155 meters below sea level in a lowland Afar. This is the lowest landmass in Africa and the second on Earth after the Dead Sea. The water here is one of the saltiest in the world - 34.8% salt concentration, which is higher than the concentration in the Dead Sea and ten times the salinity level in the ocean.

Lake Assal

IN Antarctica there's a place called Westfold Hills, which is located at a depth of 50 meters below sea level. By the way, the deepest place on Earth not covered by liquid water is Bentley's depression V Antarctica with a depth of 2555 meters below sea level. The depression is covered with a huge layer of ice. The deepest place on Earth covered with liquid water is Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

Westfold Hills

There are similar places in North America. Death Valley- a desert located in the southwestern United States. This intermountain basin is the lowest, driest, and hottest place in the Americas. The area called Badwater in Death Valley - the lowest place in the United States, 86 meters below sea level. Surprisingly, this point is only 76 miles east of Mount Whitney, the highest point at 4,422 meters. Death Valley is also considered the place where one of the highest temperatures on Earth was recorded; on July 13, 1913, in the village of Furnace Creek, the temperature rose to 56.7 degrees C. Only the world record of 58 degrees, recorded in Libya on September 13, is higher. 1922.

Death Valley

IN South America located Laguna del Carbon (Coal Lagoon) with a depth of 105 meters below sea level. It is a salt lake and is located in Argentina. It is the lowest point in the Western and Southern Hemispheres and the seventh lowest point on Earth. Let's pay tribute to the quality of the road surface in the Argentine desert...

Laguna del Carbon

Lowest point Europe - Caspian Sea. Its basin area is 371,000 km2, which is about 10 percent of the world's closed water basin area. The ancient inhabitants considered the Caspian Sea an ocean, probably due to its salinity and apparent immensity. The sea is a closed lake, and the water in it is salty, with an average salinity of 1.2%. This is the lowest place in Europe - 28 meters below sea level.

Caspian Sea

And finally, Australia. There is also such a place here - Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia. Its shores and islands are located 15 meters below sea level in the heart of the huge Eyre Basin.

While some travelers strive to climb the highest mountains, others are in search of the deepest lowlands.

Land areas with negative elevation relative to sea level exist on all continents, and each such area is truly unique. Some record-breaking lowlands were formed millions of years ago as a result of tectonic activity and are today hidden under thick ice. Other lowlands are hidden under the surface of lakes and seas, and some are even considered anomalous zones.

Of particular interest to travelers and researchers are the lowlands that are not covered by water; each of them can be safely called a unique natural attraction. There are very few completely dry lowlands on the planet, so travelers will have the opportunity to see the most beautiful rivers and lakes, as well as personally see how high the salt concentration is in such reservoirs.

The lowest landmass on the planet is the Dead Sea coast, which can be walked by guests from three popular tourist countries: Syria, Israel and Jordan. The depth of the lowland is about 413 meters; it is extremely difficult to accurately estimate this parameter. The fact is that it completely depends on weather conditions, or more precisely, on the level of evaporation of sea water. During the drought period, when evaporation is at its highest, the depth of the lowland can reach 413 meters, and after precipitation it can quickly increase by several meters.

The main feature of the unique coastline remains the salt deposits, which form incredibly beautiful natural sculptures and landscapes. It is the high level of salt in the water that attracts a huge number of health tourism enthusiasts to the Dead Sea coast. The lowest landmass on the planet is covered with unique salt deposits, contrasting with the blue-green sea water.

The main secret of the Dead Sea and its surrounding landscapes is very simple - at the bottom of the reservoir there is a huge amount of salt-bearing rocks. Due to the high level of water evaporation, the amount of salt deposits on the coast is always very large, and in some places they form bizarre fossilized structures, the likes of which cannot be seen anywhere else in the world. Travelers who visit the western or eastern coast of the Dead Sea will be able to see not only unique salt deposits, but also amazingly beautiful mountain landscapes.

We invite you to look at the world from the lowest points of the Earth - and there are such places on every continent, they are located much below sea level. In this collection I will tell you about seven such places.

There are many places on the planet where you are standing on dry land, while the level of the world's oceans suggests that you are actually submerged under water. Let's start with the Dead Sea in Asia. It is also called the Salt Sea and is located between Palestine, Israel and Jordan. Its shores and surface are located at 422 meters below sea level. This is the lowest landmass on Earth

Next comes Lake Assal in Africa, it is located in Djibouti, Ethiopia. The lake lies 155 meters below sea level in the Afar Lowland. This is the lowest landmass in Africa and the second on Earth after the Dead Sea. The water here is one of the saltiest in the world - 34.8% salt concentration, which is higher than the concentration in the Dead Sea and ten times the salinity level in the ocean

There is a place in Antarctica called the Vestfold Hills, which is located 50 meters below sea level. For your information, the deepest place on Earth not covered by liquid water is the Bentley Deep in Antarctica with a depth of 2555 meters below sea level. The depression is covered with a huge layer of ice. The deepest place on Earth covered with liquid water is the Mariana Trench.


There are similar places in North America. Death Valley is a desert located in the southwestern United States. Located within the Mojave Desert, the intermontane trench is the lowest, driest, and hottest place in the Americas. The site called Badwater in Death Valley is the lowest place in the United States, 86 meters below sea level. Surprisingly, this point is only 76 miles east of Mount Whitney, the highest point at 4,422 meters. Death Valley is also considered to be home to some of the hottest temperatures on Earth, with Furnace Creek reaching 56.7°C on July 13, 1913. Only higher is the world record of 58°, recorded in Libya on September 13, 1922

In South America there is Laguna Del Carbon with a depth of 105 meters below sea level. Laguna del Carbon (Coal Lagoon) is a salt lake located in Argentina. It is the lowest point in the Western and Southern Hemispheres and the seventh lowest point on Earth. Pay attention to the quality of the road surface in the Argentine desert...

The lowest point in Europe is the Caspian Sea. Its basin area is 371,000 km2, which is about 10 percent of the world's closed water basin area. The ancient inhabitants considered the Caspian Sea an ocean, probably due to its salinity and apparent immensity. The sea is a closed lake, and the water in it is salty, with an average salinity of 1.2%. This is the lowest place in Europe with a depth of 28 meters below the level

We visited each of the continents, only Australia remained. There is such a place here too - Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia at a depth of 15 meters below sea level in the very center of the huge Eyre Basin, Australia's largest lake


It is difficult to determine from photographs, but almost everywhere the ocean was at least 20 meters higher than the point where the photographer stood... Isn’t it amazing that such places exist on Earth?

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There are many unique natural sites in the world. Of course, like every person, I would dream of seeing them all, and therefore I could not ignore the place that I want to talk about in this essay. Moreover, it is unique in several of its parameters. Firstly, this lake has no analogues in terms of water composition, and secondly, the shores of this lake are the lowest point of land on the planet.

As you might have guessed, we are talking about the Dead Sea. In fact, it is not a sea, but a lake belonging to the class of hypersaline lakes. There are not so many bodies of water with such a concentration of salts on the planet, and the composition of the salts is, moreover, unique. The shores of the Dead Sea belong to two countries: Israel and Jordan. I was lucky enough to visit the Israeli side.

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Despite the fact that the coastal area is densely built up, the landscape is rather dull. The lack of fresh water is taking its toll.

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We stayed at the Le Meridien hotel and really enjoyed it. No, I was not paid for advertising. :)

The uniqueness of the water composition is due to the fact that the lake was formed on the site of the Syrian-African fault, as a result of which outputs of various minerals enter the water. Unlike other hypersaline lakes, the salt composition of the Dead Sea is more diverse and has a higher content of bromides and iodides. It is believed that its water has a number of medicinal properties, and therefore hotels are located on the banks where people come from all over the world stay to improve their health.

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Almost all hotels have pools with Dead Sea water.

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Since many disabled people come for treatment, most hotels offer services for people with disabilities.

Since the lake itself is located on a fault site, its shores are located significantly below sea level, and are the lowest point on land, in some places dropping to 420 meters below sea level. Considering that the fault continues to deepen, this value changes by -1 m year.

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The lowest McDonald's on Earth.

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You cannot swim in the Dead Sea for a long time, so many hotels have fresh water pools.

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General view of the area.

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It’s not entirely clear why the rescuers are there.

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Due to the high salinity, it is almost impossible to drown; this is not shallow water; people actually lie on the water.

The feeling when you enter the water is quite unusual - it’s as if you are walking not on water, but on oil, or on a thick viscous substance that elastically resists when exposed. The water in the Dead Sea is more than 8 times more salty than ocean water, and tastes acrid and bitter (yes, I tried a couple of drops). You cannot stay in it for a long time, as the beneficial effect develops into a harmful one. Recommended time is 5-10 minutes. Tourists who come to the lake for one day will not be cured of anything, of course. To get a significant effect, you need to live on the shore for at least a couple of weeks, taking the procedures daily. However, if you are not sick, then it is better not to relax in these places, because the entertainment infrastructure is not developed, and there is nothing but desert around. As for indications, Dead Sea water is especially often prescribed to people with skin diseases, psoriasis or eczema.