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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.

Jinyun, referred to as Yi for short, belongs to Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, is the "old revolutionary base county" and "the hometown of Chinese Ma Duck". Located in the hinterland of southern Zhejiang, south-central hilly and mountainous areas, northeast of Lishui, 175 kilometers away from Hangzhou. It is located between 28 °25 degrees north latitude, 28 °57 degrees north latitude, 119 °52 degrees east longitude, 120 °25 degrees east longitude, Xianju County to the east, Yongjia County to the southeast, Qingtian County to the south, Lishui City to the west, Wuyi County to the northwest, Panan County to the northeast, and Yongkang City to the north. It is 54.6km wide from east to west, 59.9km from north to south, and the county boundary is 304.4 km long. The total area is 1503.52 square kilometers, and the urban area is 4.6 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 642 administrative villages in 9 towns and 15 townships. No. 38 Huanglong Road, Wuyun Street, Jinyun County people's Government. July 2019
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