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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.

Butuo County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, the Jinsha River Basin in the southeast of Liangshan Prefecture, between longitude 102 °43'E and latitude 27 °16'N, with a total area of 1685 square kilometers. Butuo County belongs to the subtropical climate region of northern Yunnan, and the climate is greatly affected by the monsoon. As of 2018, Butuo County has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 27 townships, and the county government is stationed in Temuri Town. The total population is 215800. Butuo, also known as Gilabute, is the transliteration of "Bute" in Yi language. "Butuo" refers to hedgehog and "special" refers to pine tree. It means "where there are hedgehogs and pine trees". It is the inhabited county of Adu of the Yi nationality. Butuo County was established in 1952, withdrew the county and went to Puge County in 1960, and resumed the establishment of the county in 1962. Butuo County
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