• 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.

Daguan County, which belongs to Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, is located in the heart of Zhaotong area in the northeast of Yunnan Province. It is located between 103 degrees 43'- 104 degrees 07'E and 27 degrees 36'- 28 degrees 15'N. Daguan County, located in the hinterland of Zhaotong, has always been the main traffic road in Yunnan and Sichuan. It was the uprising site of Li (Yonghe) and Lan (Chaoding) peasant movement. The territory has overlapping mountains and "five rivers", which are rich in hydraulic, mineral resources and native products. Fresh bamboo shoots and Cuihua tea are local specialties, rich in high-quality flue-cured tobacco. Eucommia ulmoides sells well all over the country and is one of the raw lacquer base counties in Yunnan Province.
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