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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.

Dayao County is under the jurisdiction of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, located in the northwest of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, the people's Government of the county is in Jinbi Town. In 2014, Dayao County has a total area of 4146 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 4 townships, with a total population of 290300 (2010). The county is inhabited by 22 ethnic groups, of which ethnic minorities account for 31.7%, of which the Yi population is 84000, accounting for 29%. The GDP in 2013 was 4.7 billion yuan. Dayao County is the famous "hometown of walnut in China", the first walnut biological industry base in China, the southwest walnut trading center, and the birthplace of Chinese Yi Opera. It is a provincial garden county in Yunnan Province, China. It is known as "three villages dew copper", "five wells spray salt", "cultural famous state". Dayao County has the highest waterfall in southwest China.
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