evidence: Aksai Chin covers an area of approximately 38,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi).[55] The area is largely a vast high-altitude desert with a low point (on the Karakash River) at about 4,300 m (14,100 ft) above sea level. In the southwest, mountains up to 7,000 m (23,000 ft) extending southeast from the Depsang Plains form the de facto border (Line of Actual Control) between Aksai Chin and Indian-controlled Kashmir. [...] See also - Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China - Arunachal Pradesh - Changtang - Demchok sector - Depsang Plains - Ladakh - List of locations in Aksai Chin - Nelang - Rutog County - Shaksgam Valley - Trans-Karakoram Tract - 2013 Depsang standoff