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This is a list of places on land below mean sea level. Places artificially created such as tunnels, mines, basements, and dug holes, or places under water, or existing temporarily as a result of ebbing of sea tide etc., are not included. Places where seawater and rainwater is pumped away are included.
Highest Point — Vaalserberg (327.5 m above sea level) Lowest point — Zuidplaspolder near Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (6.76 m below sea level) ( 51°59′09″N 4°37′54″E / 51.98583°N 4.63167°E / 51.98583; 4.63167 ( Lowest: Zuidplaspolder
English Channel: sea level 114 m 374 ft Guinea: Mont Nimba (Mount Richard-Molard) 1752 m 5,748 ft North Atlantic Ocean: sea level 1752 m 5,748 ft Guinea-Bissau: Dongol Rondè [11] 266 m 873 ft North Atlantic Ocean: sea level 266 m 873 ft Guyana: Mount Roraima: 2772 m 9,094 ft [u] North Atlantic Ocean: sea level 2772 m 9,094 ft Haiti: Pic la ...
The Netherlands is geographically very low relative to sea level and is considered a flat country, with about 26% of its area [15] and 21% of its population [116] below sea level. The European part of the country is for the most part flat, with the exception of foothills in the far southeast, up to a height of no more than 322 m (1,056 ft) at ...
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Historical map of the Netherlands (1658) with the Zuyder Zee. The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (Dutch: [ˌzœydərˈzeː] ⓘ; old spelling Zuyderzee or Zuyder Zee), historically called Lake Almere and Lake Flevo, was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands. It extended about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 ...
South Florida’s drainage canals are overwhelmed by king tides, and sea rise could only worsen the issue. Some South Florida canals failed during no-name storm. Sea rise will make that worse
The geography of the European Netherlands is unusual in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea and is below sea level, protected by dikes. It is a small country with a total area of 41,545 km 2 (16,041 sq mi) [ 1 ] and ranked 131st .