| Rank | Country | lowest point | Elevation extremes |
10 | Syria | -200 | lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m |
11 | Djibouti | -155 | lowest point: Lac Assal -155 m
highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m |
12 | China | -154 | lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m
highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m |
13 | Egypt | -133 | lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m |
14 | Kazakhstan | -132 | lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m |
15 | Ethiopia | -125 | lowest point: Danakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m |
16 | Argentina | -105 | lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza) |
17 | United States | -86 | lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m
note: the peak of Mauna Kea (4,207 m above sea level) on the island of Hawaii rises about 10,200 m above the Pacific Ocean floor; by this measurement, it is the world's tallest mountain - higher than Mount Everest, which is recognized as the tallest mountain above sea level |
18 | Turkmenistan | -81 | lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m
note: Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m |
19 | Eritrea | -75 | lowest point: near Kulul within the Danakil Depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m |
20 | Morocco | -55 | lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m |
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