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Lowest Highest

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COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
Afghanistan	Amu Darya 258 m
Albania	Adriatic Sea 0 m
Algeria	Chott Melrhir -40 m
American Samoa	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Andorra	Riu Runer 840 m
Angola	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Anguilla	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Antarctica	Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Argentina	Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)
Armenia	Debed River 400 m
Aruba	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Indian Ocean 0 m
Australia	Lake Eyre -15 m
Austria	Neusiedler See 115 m
Azerbaijan	Caspian Sea -28 m
Bahrain	Persian Gulf 0 m
Bangladesh	Indian Ocean 0 m
Barbados	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Belarus	Nyoman River 90 m
Belgium	North Sea 0 m
Belize	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Benin	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Bermuda	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Bhutan	Drangeme Chhu 97 m
Bolivia	Rio Paraguay 90 m
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Adriatic Sea 0 m
Botswana	junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m
Bouvet Island	South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Brazil	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
British Indian Ocean Territory	Indian Ocean 0 m
British Virgin Islands	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Brunei	South China Sea 0 m
Bulgaria	Black Sea 0 m
Burkina Faso	Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m
Burma	Andaman Sea 0 m
Burundi	Lake Tanganyika 772 m
Cambodia	Gulf of Thailand 0 m
Cameroon	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Canada	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Cape Verde	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Cayman Islands	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Central African Republic	Oubangui River 335 m
Chad	Djourab 160 m
Chile	Pacific Ocean 0 m
China	Turpan Pendi -154 m
Christmas Island	Indian Ocean 0 m
Clipperton Island	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Indian Ocean 0 m
Colombia	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Comoros	Indian Ocean 0 m
Congo, Republic of the	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Cook Islands	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Coral Sea Islands	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Costa Rica	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Cote d'Ivoire	Gulf of Guinea 0 m
Croatia	Adriatic Sea 0 m
Cuba	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Cyprus	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Czech Republic	Labe (Elbe) River 115 m
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Denmark	Lammefjord -7 m
Djibouti	Lac Assal -155 m
Dominica	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Dominican Republic	Lago Enriquillo -46 m
East Timor	Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
Ecuador	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Egypt	Qattara Depression -133 m
El Salvador	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Equatorial Guinea	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Eritrea	near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m
Estonia	Baltic Sea 0 m
Ethiopia	Danakil Depression -125 m
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Faroe Islands	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Federated States of Micronesia	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Fiji	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Finland	Baltic Sea 0 m
France	Rhone River delta -2 m
French Polynesia	Pacific Ocean 0 m
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Indian Ocean 0 m
Gabon	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Gaza Strip	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Georgia	Black Sea 0 m
Germany	Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
Ghana	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Gibraltar	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Greece	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Greenland	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Grenada	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Guam	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Guatemala	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Guernsey	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Guinea	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Guinea-Bissau	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Guyana	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Haiti	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Indian Ocean 0 m
Holy See (Vatican City)	unnamed location 19 m
Honduras	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Hong Kong	South China Sea 0 m
Howland Island	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Hungary	Tisza River 78 m
Iceland	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
India	Indian Ocean 0 m
Indonesia	Indian Ocean 0 m
Iran	Caspian Sea -28 m
Iraq	Persian Gulf 0 m
Ireland	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Isle of Man	Irish Sea 0 m
Israel	Dead Sea -408 m
Italy	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Jamaica	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Jan Mayen	Norwegian Sea 0 m
Japan	Hachiro-gata -4 m
Jarvis Island	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Jersey	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Johnston Atoll	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Jordan	Dead Sea -408 m
Kazakhstan	Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
Kenya	Indian Ocean 0 m
Kingman Reef	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Kiribati	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Kosovo	Drini i Bardhe/Beli Drim 297 m (located on the border with Albania)
Kuwait	Persian Gulf 0 m
Kyrgyzstan	Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m
Laos	Mekong River 70 m
Latvia	Baltic Sea 0 m
Lebanon	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Lesotho	junction of the Orange and Makhaleng Rivers 1,400 m
Liberia	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Libya	Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m
Liechtenstein	Ruggeller Riet 430 m
Lithuania	Baltic Sea 0 m
Luxembourg	Moselle River 133 m
Macau	South China Sea 0 m
Madagascar	Indian Ocean 0 m
Malawi	junction of the Shire River and international boundary with Mozambique 37 m
Malaysia	Indian Ocean 0 m
Maldives	Indian Ocean 0 m
Mali	Senegal River 23 m
Malta	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Marshall Islands	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Mauritania	Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m
Mauritius	Indian Ocean 0 m
Mayotte	Indian Ocean 0 m
Mexico	Laguna Salada -10 m
Midway Islands	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Moldova	Dniester (Nistru) 2 m
Monaco	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Mongolia	Hoh Nuur 560 m
Montenegro	Adriatic Sea 0 m
Montserrat	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Morocco	Sebkha Tah -55 m
Mozambique	Indian Ocean 0 m
Namibia	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Nauru	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Navassa Island	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Nepal	Kanchan Kalan 70 m
Netherlands	Zuidplaspolder -7 m
New Caledonia	Pacific Ocean 0 m
New Zealand	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Nicaragua	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Niger	Niger River 200 m
Nigeria	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Niue	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Norfolk Island	Pacific Ocean 0 m
North Korea	Sea of Japan 0 m
Northern Mariana Islands	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Norway	Norwegian Sea 0 m
Oman	Arabian Sea 0 m
Pakistan	Indian Ocean 0 m
Palau	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Palmyra Atoll	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Panama	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Papua New Guinea	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Paracel Islands	South China Sea 0 m
Paraguay	junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
Peru	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Philippines	Philippine Sea 0 m
Pitcairn Islands	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Poland	near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
Portugal	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Puerto Rico	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Qatar	Persian Gulf 0 m
Republic of Macedonia	Vardar River 50 m
Romania	Black Sea 0 m
Russia	Caspian Sea -28 m
Rwanda	Rusizi River 950 m
Saint Barthelemy	Caribbean Ocean 0 m
Saint Helena	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Saint Lucia	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Saint Martin	Caribbean Ocean 0 m
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Samoa	Pacific Ocean 0 m
San Marino	Torrente Ausa 55 m
Sao Tome and Principe	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Saudi Arabia	Persian Gulf 0 m
Senegal	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Serbia	Danube and Timok Rivers 35 m
Seychelles	Indian Ocean 0 m
Sierra Leone	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Singapore	Singapore Strait 0 m
Slovakia	Bodrok River 94 m
Slovenia	Adriatic Sea 0 m
Solomon Islands	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Somalia	Indian Ocean 0 m
South Africa	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
South Korea	Sea of Japan 0 m
Spain	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Spratly Islands	South China Sea 0 m
Sri Lanka	Indian Ocean 0 m
Sudan	Red Sea 0 m
Suriname	unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
Svalbard	Arctic Ocean 0 m
Swaziland	Great Usutu River 21 m
Sweden	reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m
Switzerland	Lake Maggiore 195 m
Syria	unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
Taiwan	South China Sea 0 m
Tajikistan	Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
Tanzania	Indian Ocean 0 m
Thailand	Gulf of Thailand 0 m
The Bahamas	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
The Gambia	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Togo	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Tokelau	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Tonga	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Tunisia	Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
Turkey	Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Turkmenistan	Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m
Turks and Caicos Islands	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Tuvalu	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Uganda	Lake Albert 621 m
Ukraine	Black Sea 0 m
United Arab Emirates	Persian Gulf 0 m
United Kingdom	The Fens -4 m
United States	Death Valley -86 m
Uruguay	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Uzbekistan	Sariqamish Kuli -12 m
Vanuatu	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Venezuela	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Vietnam	South China Sea 0 m
Virgin Islands	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Wake Island	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Wallis and Futuna	Pacific Ocean 0 m
West Bank	Dead Sea -408 m
Western Sahara	Sebjet Tah -55 m
Yemen	Arabian Sea 0 m
Zambia	Zambezi river 329 m
Zimbabwe	junction of the Runde and Save Rivers 162 m

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