• Mesa
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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.

Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture is located in the middle of Yunnan Province, bordering Kunming in the east, Pu'er City and Yuxi City in the south, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in the west, Panzhihua City in the north, and Sichuan Province in the north. It has jurisdiction over 1 city and 9 counties with a total area of 29000 square kilometers. The state people's government is stationed in Chuxiong City, 160km away from Kunming. In 2013, Chuxiong Prefecture has formed a full range of industries, such as cigarette, medicine, metallurgy, food, building materials, coal, electric power, machinery, textile, chemical industry, tourism service and so on.
Travel Sights In Chuxiong
Travel Notes In Chuxiong
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