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NADIR (NAY-duhr)

The lowest point
Common clues:
Lowest point; Rock bottom; Zenith's opposite; As low as you can go; Depths; Bottom point
Crossword puzzle frequency: 2 times a year
Frequency in English language: 25775 / 86800
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The Secrets of the Dead Sea



The Dead Sea – the lowest elevation on the earth's surface


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.




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