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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.

Baisha Li Autonomous County, an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, is located in the central and western part of Hainan Island, latitude 18 °56 & #39;-19 °29 & #39;, east longitude 109 °02 & #39;-109 °42 & #39;. It is bordered by Qiongzhong County in the east, Wuzhishan City in the southeast, Ledong County in the south, Changjiang County in the west and Danzhou City in the north. The territory is 63 kilometers from north to south and 68 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 2117 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 4 towns and 7 townships, and the people's Government of Autonomous County is stationed in Yacha Town. At the end of 2016, Baisha Li Autonomous County had a resident population of 171600, with a regional GDP of 4.427 billion yuan. In March 2017, the finalists of the "2017 Top 100" take a deep breath
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