Nadir (topography)

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In topography, a nadir is a point on a surface that is lower in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it.^[1] 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.

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

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