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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.

"Bai" is a transliteration of the word "Bayi", which means rich. Baicheng County, which belongs to Aksu, Xinjiang, is located at the southern foot of the middle part of Tianshan, the intermountain basin on the northern edge of Chaletag Mountain and the upper reaches of Weigan River. Tianshan Mountain is connected with Zhaosu and Tex County in the north, Chaletag Mountain and Xinhe County in the south, Kuqa County in the east and Wensu County in the west. The total area is 15917 square kilometers. In 2017, the total population was 240810. The county people's government is stationed in Baicheng Town, which is 860 kilometers away from Urumqi's highway. Baicheng County is high in the north and low in the south, tilting from northwest to southeast, 1200 meters above sea level. In 2017, the local gross domestic product (GDP) was 6.677 billion yuan, and the proportion of the three industries was 20.5, 44.6, 34.9. GDP per capita 2
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