[kijin]

Sure, we could flood the Death Valley and Salton Sea in California, the Dead Sea and most of the Jordan Valley, the Afar Depression, the Caspian Sea, and large parts of the Netherlands.

The problem of course is that most of these lands are inhabited. You're just trading one parcel of land for another, one group of displaced people with another, one group of endangered species with another.

There's also the question of what you're going to do with all the salt water. You can't use it for agriculture or industry, you can't drink it, and desalination is extremely energy-intensive.

[propman]

We could use it for hydro power. I think of these only Afar Depression would have substantial impact and feasibility. Worth 12 years of current estimates of sea rises