• Mesa
  • Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture

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.

Bayinguoleng Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture, referred to as "Bazhou", belongs to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region and is located in the southeast of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. There are mountains, basins, rivers, lakes, Gobi, deserts and plain oases in the territory. It belongs to mid-temperate and warm temperate continental climate. With a total area of 471500 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 1 county-level city, 7 counties and 1 autonomous county. The total population in 2018 is 1.2806 million. Bayingol Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture has a long history and thousands of years of development history. Both the South and Central Silk Road pass through Bazhou. In the 36 countries of the Western region, there are Loulan, Ruoqiang, Qiemo, Xiaowan, Rong Lu, Shanguo, Luntai, Yanqi, Yuli, qu Li and Wei Xu. The tourism resources of Bazhou are unique, and the basic types of tourism resources in Bazhou are diverse, except Tianshan Mountain, Kunlun Mountain area,
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