Nadir (topography)

In topography, a nadir is a point on a surface that is lower in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a nadir is a local minimum of elevation. A nadir may be the lowest point of a dry basin or depression, or the deepest point of a body of water or ice. The nadir of a body of water is often called a "deep", as in the Challenger Deep, the nadir of the Earth's oceans.

For other uses, see Nadir (disambiguation).

The Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, the nadir of the North American Continent

See also

• Depression (geology)
• Endorheic basin
• Geoid
• List of places on land with elevations below sea level
• Maxima and minima
• Summit (topography) (antonym)
• Topography