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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.

Gangba County is located in the eastern part of Xigaze City, Tibet, in the northern foothills of the Himalayas, between 88 °08-#39;20"-88 °56-#39;47", North latitude 27 °56-#39;32"-28 °45-#39;27". It is adjacent to Sakya, Yadong, Bailang and Dingjie counties, and borders Sikkim Snow Mountain to the south. It is 307 kilometers east of Xigaze and 580 kilometers away from Lhasa. Gangba County has a total area of 4100 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 1 town and 4 townships. In 2002, the GDP of Gangba County reached 48 million yuan, with a total population of 10, 000 (2003). County people's government
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