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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
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The
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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.
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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It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "Nadir".
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