Aksai Chin (Hindi:अकसाई चिन , Simplified Chinese: 阿克赛钦, Ākèsàiqīn) is a region located at the juncture of China, Pakistan, and India. It represents about one fifth of Jammu and Kashmir. It is administered by China and claimed by India. Aksai Chin is one of the two main border disputes between India and China, the other being the dispute over Arunachal Pradesh. Aksai Chin, has no permanent settlements (the name literally means "Chin's desert of white stones") is a vast high altitude desert of salt that reaches heights up to 5,000 metres. Geographically part of the Tibetan Plateau, Aksai Chin is referred to as the Soda Plain. The region is almost uninhabited and receives little precipitation as the Himalayan and other mountains block the rains from the Indian monsoon.