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A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a more resistant layer or layers of harder rock, e.g. shales overlain by sandstones. The resistant layer acts as a caprock that forms the flat summit of a mesa. The caprock can consist of either sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone; dissected lava flows; or a deeply eroded duricrust. Unlike plateau, whose usage does not imply horizontal layers of bedrock, e.g. Tibetan Plateau, the term mesa applies exclusively to the landforms built of flat-lying strata. Instead, flat-topped plateaus are specifically known as tablelands.

"Alashan" is Mongolian, which means "colorful place". Alashan League is located in the westernmost part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous region, connected with Wuhai, Bayannur and Ordos in the east and northeast, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region in the south and southeast, Gansu Province in the west and southwest, and Mongolia in the north. the border is 735km long, with a total area of 270000 square kilometers. As of 2018, Alashan League has jurisdiction over 3 banners and 4 autonomous district-level development zones, and the League Administrative Office is located in Bayanhaote Town, Alashan Zuoqi. With a total population of 250000, it has the largest area and the smallest population among the 12 cities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region. Alashan League is a border minority area with Mongolian as the main body and Han nationality as the majority. there are 28 ethnic groups, such as Mongolian, Han, Hui, Manchu and so on. Alashan has a long history.
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